You think the COVID-19 insanity is over?
Guess again.
Today, March 27th 2023, a young family member informed me that at the very end of her 2-hour job interview this morning (that was going very well) the interviewer told her,
“Oh by the way, we require all employees to be vaccinated (with a minimum of two jabs) and you must also have a recent flu shot AND be willing to get a new flu shot every year.”
She told me,
“They saw the look on my face. I was so disappointed. I really wanted this job and thought I had it but I told them, ‘No Thank You’.”
They then told her this was an absolute requirement and they would not budge on it.
And that ended the interview.
I told her I was very proud of her – but then got busy after several minutes of blinding rage.
First, I looked at the company’s website and sure enough they had in their hiring practices the jab requirement. They also had the phrase “or have an approved exemption.”
These “approved exemptions” were not listed, so I got busier.
I contacted a non-vaxxed friend who’s a therapist working in a hospital setting and asked her how she got out of having to get jabbed.
She told me the head of her HR department privately had told her that he also was not vaxxed and all she needed to do was request a religious exemption and he would approve it.
So she did. And she got the exemption. Score one for the Normie Team.
The funny part to me, at least, was she claimed the religious exemption because she’s Catholic. I’m admittedly not current with the state of religious exemptions but – being Catholic was good enough?
Heck, whatever works!
I then contacted a retired lawyer friend to ask if he knew of anyone who could give me more information – particularly dealing with hostile or very uncooperative businesses. I’m currently waiting for that information and this whole episode has made me aware that, for me, this has been a blind spot.
But here’s my immediate thought.
This brilliant young woman distinguished herself earning an advanced graduate degree from one of the leading universities in the world in December 2019.
Today, 3+ years later, she’s still trying to find a job in her chosen field.
When someone says,
“Covid Mania is over.”
or
“Hey, ain’t it great things are coming back to normal?”
… Please say to them: it’s FAR from over.
There are many things we can all do to try to reclaim a more sane world…for ourselves at least.
Please choose some way to increase sanity that resonates with you.
Here’s the starting point I’ve chosen if you care to take a look.
Thank you.
