Thu Jan 27, 2022 – 5:20 pm EST
WASHINGTON, D.C. (LifeSiteNews) – The U.S. Department of Commerce proposed a regulation this week to keep a record of every American who seeks a medical exemption to COVID-19 vaccination requirements, following similar proposals to track religious exemptions.
‘Requests for ‘medical accommodation’ or ‘medical exceptions’ will be treated as requests for a disability accommodation and evaluated and decided under applicable Rehabilitation Act standards for reasonable accommodation absent undue hardship to the agency,” reads the proposed rule submitted to the Federal Register. “The agency will be required to keep confidential any medical information provided, subject to the applicable Rehabilitation Act standards. This medical exemption form is necessary for Commerce to determine legal exemptions to the vaccine requirement under the Rehabilitation Act.”
A spokesperson for the U.S. Office of Management and Budget told The Daily Signal that the information collection was necessary to process exemption applications, but that applicants’ privacy would be protected. May remain unconvinced, however.
“Treating COVID-19 medical exemptions as ‘disability accommodations’ shows how little the Biden administration and the COVID gods value liberty and informed consent,” said Republican U.S. Sen. Ron Johnson of Wisconsin, the Senate’s most active
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