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posted ago by amani3 ago by amani3 +30 / -0

Someone replied to a comment I made earlier today but for some reason I cannot find the reply which I believe stated "No 14!!" I did post a comment that contained a list of questions and the last item on the list was number 14 which said the following:

"Why is the United States congress, congressional staff, legislative branch, judicial branch, white house staff, illegal aliens, Chinese students, homeless, and CDC, FDA, USPS, NAID, Pfizer, J&J and Moderna employees EXEMPT from the vaccine mandate?"

I just conducted an Internet search and yes, some of these exemptions are outdated, so here is the new list followed by sources.

Revised list: Why are members of congress, congressional staff, members of the judicial branch, USPS workers, illegal aliens, Pfizer employees and homeless people exempt from the vaccine mandate?

Please let me know if there are others I should add.

Sources:

Members of Congress and their staff are exempt from Mandate (Sept. 10, 2021: Newsweek) https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/politics/members-of-congress-and-their-staff-are-exempt-from-bidens-vaccine-mandate/ar-AAOiQvC

The executive order regarding mandatory vaccines does not apply to members of congress and the judicial branch (Nov. 8, 2021: Ragan.com) https://www.ragan.com/an-employment-law-attorney-answers-your-vaccine-mandate-questions/

White House clarifies USPS workers will be subject to vaccine mandate (OR BE TESTED WEEKLY) (Sept. 9, 2021: New York Post) https://nypost.com/2021/09/09/usps-exempt-from-biden-vax-mandate-for-100m-workers/

What are the exemptions to federal vaccine mandate for large companies? (Nov 5, 2021: NJ.com) Businesses with 100 or more employees have until Jan 4 to get employees vaccinated or have them submit to weekly testing. These requirements do not apply to independent contractors. Remote workers and those who work outside will not be required to be vaccinated https://www.nj.com/coronavirus/2021/11/what-are-the-exemptions-to-federal-vaccine-mandate-for-large-companies-heres-what-to-know.html

Pfizer employees reportedly had until Nov 15, 2021 to get vaccinated OR undergo weekly testing (Aug. 4, 2021: CNBC) https://www.nj.com/coronavirus/2021/11/what-are-the-exemptions-to-federal-vaccine-mandate-for-large-companies-heres-what-to-know.html

As of October Moderna required their US employees to be vaccinated (Aug. 20, 2021: Yahoo!News) https://news.yahoo.com/moderna-mandates-covid-19-vaccination-200032492.html

NIH employees were not previously required to be vaccinated but now have to be fully vaccinated by November 22 or have an approved medical or religious exemption. https://nihrecord.nih.gov/2021/10/29/covid-19-vaccination-mandate-applies-all-nih-staff

Note: a few weeks ago the CDC director was unable to answer the question as to how many of CDC staff had been vaccinated.