Wed Jan 19, 2022 – 3:31 pm EST
FORT SASKATCHEWAN, Alberta LifeSiteNews) – Shell Canada dropped a COVID jab mandate for all onsite workers at one of Canada’s largest oil refineries after admitting the injections are not “effective against the Omicron variant.”
According to the Western Standard, documents it obtained show that management at Shell’s Scotford refinery in a letter dated January 13 wrote that it would be “temporarily turning off the requirement for contractors to provide proof of vaccination and/or complete testing prior to arriving on-site.”
This is due to “a reduced availability of offsite testing, coupled with the fact vaccination is not as effective against the Omicron variant.”
According to the letter, “Individuals who are not vaccinated will no longer need to show proof of an approved negative COVID test completed within 72 hours and there is no longer the option or need to gain exemption status by voluntarily showing proof of full vaccination.”
Shell’s Scotford site is in Fort Saskatchewan, which is just outside Edmonton, and employs around 1,300 people. It produces a large amount of gasoline, diesel, jet fuel, and propane that fuels much of western Canada.
Pictures of the January 13th Shell letter began circulating online a few days ago and
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