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Before disciplining nearly 1,600 Mass. state workers over noncompliance of COVID vaccination mandate, Baker wants to know why
MASSLIVE.COM ^ | 10/18/2021 | Benjamin Kail

Posted on 10/18/2021 6:10:50 PM PDT by bitt

Massachusetts Gov. Charlie Baker on Monday defended his COVID-19 vaccination mandate for state employees, arguing the “vast, vast majority” of the executive branch’s 40,000-plus workers are on board with the state’s public health message and are protected against the virus.

Nearly 1,600 workers could face discipline after missing the Sunday mandate deadline set in place by Baker in August. But the governor said Monday that agency and Human Resources officials would connect with noncompliant workers to find out why they haven’t shown proof of vaccination or filed paperwork seeking an exemption for medical or sincerely-held religious beliefs.

“We’ll work through them all,” Baker told reporters in a news conference at the State House. “Our goal is to make sure we connect with everybody.”

Baker said some of the workers may have been on leave or vacation as the deadline approached, and officials will let the engagement process play out before issuing any “progressive discipline,” up to termination, for employees who don’t comply.

More than 40,400 state employees and contractors, including teachers, prison guards, state troopers, public transit workers and others have already shown proof that they received the vaccine or asked for an exemption. More than 4,000 filed paperwork over the last week alone.

Baker called the mandate “perfectly appropriate” given that so many of the state’s employees work directly with the public. And he argued that the fact so many workers had rolled up their sleeves — going from a 60%-70% vaccination rate to nearly 90% — showed that most of the “state workforce agreed with us.”

The Massachusetts mandate is stronger than some other states because it requires vaccination or an exemption — as opposed to providing testing as an option. Multiple unions unsuccessfully sought to halt the mandate through court, and Baker shot down critics

(Excerpt) Read more at masslive.com ...


TOPICS: Crime/Corruption; Culture/Society; Extended News; Government; US: Massachusetts
KEYWORDS: anthonyfauci; charliebaker; covidstooges; covidvaccination; govbaker; massachusetts; obamacare; rino; vaccinemandates
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To: bitt

41 posted on 10/19/2021 1:53:56 AM PDT by ransomnote (IN GOD WE TRUST)
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Baker called the mandate “perfectly appropriate” given that so many of the state’s employees work directly with the public.

The mandates are illegal. They violate the employee's right to opt out under the Emergency Use Authorization. The consent required in the EUA is consent under duress. The employee is being coerced to take the vaccine or lose their job, their benefits, and the ability to provide for their families. That is consent under duress, which is not consent under the law.

Here is the relevant section of US Code 21 U.S. Code § 360bbb–3 - Authorization for medical products for use in emergencies:

Note that this section is for Emergency Use Authorization (for the currently available vaccines) and includes informed consent and the option to refuse.

I underlined the part about "consequences, if any, of refusing administration of the product" because I believe this pertains to the medical "consequences" of not taking the drug. It does NOT give permission to government or businesses to place "consequences" on employees who don't take the drug. The former gives the recipient the choice, the latter is coercive consent under duress.

Nobody can give a legally binding consent under these conditions, and for that reason these mandates to take the EUA vaccines should be challenged in court.

-PJ

42 posted on 10/19/2021 2:39:18 AM PDT by Political Junkie Too ( * LAAP = Left-wing Activist Agitprop Press (formerly known as the MSM))
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To: bitt

If you don’t know why by this time. My guess is he wants to make contact with each and everyone to know where they reside, who they are and get a better detailed inventory the question as to why they don’t vax is not the issue


43 posted on 10/19/2021 3:53:49 AM PDT by ronnie raygun (Tell them what they want to hear with sincerity and do what is necessary )
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To: bitt

But they’re not actually protected and certainly not protecting anyone else…. So….. why indeed


44 posted on 10/19/2021 5:15:20 AM PDT by MrRelevant
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To: bitt

Be my guest. For some reason this link wasn’t posted

https://thefederalist.com/2021/08/10/americas-elites-want-to-control-you-more-than-they-want-to-control-covid/


45 posted on 10/19/2021 7:54:50 AM PDT by Grampa Dave (Lockdowns will go down as one of the greatest peacetime policy failures in modern history! Cui bono?)
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To: no-to-illegals

The Nuremberg Code was not supposed to be a “must do” list!


46 posted on 10/19/2021 7:56:31 AM PDT by cgbg (A kleptocracy--if they can keep it. Think of it as the Cantillon Effect in action.)
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To: David Moser

Welcome to Free Republic


47 posted on 10/19/2021 8:05:02 AM PDT by no-to-illegals ( The enemy has US surrounded. God’s speed FRiends)
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Wishes and Dreams and nazis


48 posted on 10/19/2021 8:09:35 AM PDT by no-to-illegals ( The enemy has US surrounded. God’s speed FRiends)
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Please ping when you use or post this.

Thanks
Dave


49 posted on 10/19/2021 1:16:18 PM PDT by Grampa Dave (I'm vaccinated! I stand with anyone with a moral, medical or sane objection to the vaccine. )
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