Frens - We have to push back on these vaccine mandates NOW. My daughter is at a top university and she may not go back. My spouse now is getting mandated to get vaxxed and submit proof or. We are both in tech and that's our livelihood. We've worked extremely hard our entire lives, have had zero handouts or help, and we're headed towards the finale of our careers. Tech companies have leverage because they provide good salaries and equity - it puts people in a huge predicament. If you don't meet their requirements and you're out, then you're essentially screwed for the remainder of your career and saving for any kind of retirement. While numerous posts here recommend - just quit, leave your job, or leave and then file a lawsuit, that's not truly a realistic and winning scenario. To expect attorneys to fight pro bono or burn through our savings while attempting to fight against large corporations who have internal and sophisticated legal armies - the end result will not be a positive outcome.
50% of our citizens are not vaccinated. Our sheer number can influence the direction this country takes. Organized and united there is the potential to change company policies and not follow the corrupt democratic government mandates. I just want to say, it's not realistic to just walk away from our jobs and expect to find other employment or to file a lawsuit. By that time, our rights have been completely taken away. It will be far too late and far too costly. If based Tech Co employees and others across our great nation make a stand together, if at least 25%+ of a company's employees say no to vaxx mandates and refuse to work under those conditions, wouldn't we expect that would force a company to change its policy? Would they really cut those employees loose?
My family, as I'm sure many of yours and especially our Military families, are under immediate threat. AT LEAST 50% of this country is against these vaccines. What can we REALISTICALLY do today and this weekend to reverse this insanity now?? What is the strategic, sophisticated, and swift approach to unite and stop this bullshit now? As a citizen, we're on the defensive - this has to change. It's the 4th down, in the 4th quarter on the 17th-yard line. It's time for an interception. Speak up! We can do this! WWG1WGA!!
Of course there is always more..... I have that too.
A fun little story here. When they had a mask mandate in my State, I never even considered complying. As a certified scuba diver, I know how valuable oxygen is for sustaining life. You see, when you are 2 atm under the water everything is not only hastened, but amplified. The human body inhales (sea level) 20.95% oxygen and includes 78% nitrogen, and 0.04% carbon dioxide. We breathe it in and when we exhale, 16% oxygen is expelled along with 78% nitrogen and 4% carbon dioxide. That means only 4.95% oxygen is utilized in our body for every breath. I hope you also noticed that none of the nitrogen is used in our body. 78% is inhaled; 78% is exhaled. Now, with carbon dioxide, 0.04% is inhaled, but 4% is exhaled. That is a hundred times more than the amount inhaled.
By this time, you're probably wondering how this relates to scuba diving. As I mentioned before, everything is hastened and amplified under water. Under water, nitrogen is 'forced' into the blood stream significantly enough below a 30 foot depth. Each atm is 30 feet. Two atm's is 60 ft, etc.
We know the deleterious effects of built up nitrogen in the blood stream under water when it isn't allowed to remove itself by depressurizing. Here's the kicker, carbon dioxide can have deleterious effect when the regulator malfunctions or the scuba tank air is tainted with 'bad' air. The effect on scuba divers can easily cause brain damage and death because everything is hastened and amplified underwater. Carbon dioxide inhalation causes hypercapnia, which damages the heart and other organs of the body. The long term effect of carbon dioxide inhalation is acidosis. It doesn't take much for this to occur. This is why OSHA always stated in their regulations concerning 'respirators' (N95) for particulates to use them for a very short time period. OSHA regulations for respirators state that when the air intake dropped below 19.5% (that's only a 1.45% drop in oxygen), the worker must be removed from the environment completely because of imminent danger. A recent study showed children wearing masks fell to this threshold within after a couple of minutes. OSHA even talks about carbon dioxide inhalation causing acidosis, which alters the cellular PH level for their proper functioning. It is well known in medicine that acidosis causes cancer.
In my State, there were three occassions, in which I was refused service for not wearing a mask. For each of these business, I replied I had a medical condition. Every governor's EO provides for a medical condition as an exemption to wearing a mask. This however, did not stop these businesses from violating my Rights. It was their mistake.
As a consequence, I immediately took names and management and corporate information. I then sent a complaint and a 25+ page Cease and Desist letter to the corporate office. I made it clear they were violating the law and depriving me of my writes according to State and Federal law. Furthermore, I provided the OSHA regulations each of these businesses were in violation of. I offered to arbitrate with their lawyer to avoid legal action and gave them ten days for their response before "we" pursued further legal action.
The businesses all 'lawyered-up' and responded within the time frame provided. Each of their responses averaged 4 to 5 pages of meandering and tortuous attorney bullshit. Not a one responded to the Statutes, Codes, and Regulations in my letter their client was in violation of, some of which were criminal violations.
The affect of my letter cost those business thousands of dollars that could have all been prevented by allowing me to make my purchase. A $12 six-pack of beer denied to me cost one business well over a thousand dollars in lawyer fees. The other two businesses were about the same. I could have done far more, especially in the arbitration scenario, but I was satisfied with this.
If more people did this, those businesses would get the message real quick. Now, what are you planning for your vaXXX mandating employer?