Thu Oct 21, 2021 – 5:04 pm EDT
(LifeSiteNews) — As COVID-19 vaccine mandate deadlines approach for millions of Americans, a Thursday report by The Hill found that 1,887 Washington state employees and healthcare workers have thus far been forced out of their jobs for standing up to Democrat Gov. Jay Inslee’s strict COVID-19 jab mandate.
News of the mass exodus comes as Washington, like most U.S. states, is caught in the grip of a grueling post-pandemic labor shortage.
Representing 3 percent of the state’s total workforce, the 1,887 workers now out of a job either opted to quit or were fired for refusing the jab in violation of the statewide requirement.
The mandate, announced by Inslee in August with an October 18 deadline, has drawn criticism for failing to permit unvaccinated workers from electing to take part in weekly testing as an alternative to getting the abortion-tainted injection.
Nearly 1,900 Washington state employees quit, fired over vaccine mandate https://t.co/XBvzg6CEvT pic.twitter.com/VLvk2FYZIo
— The Hill (@thehill) October 20, 2021
Employees may request a medical or religious exemption, but it is unclear how many such exemptions have been or will be approved.
According to the Hill, “[t]hose
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