What a way to end a week! Kyle Rittenhouse is not guilty! Let that stand alone as a major win.

In addition, and in a selfish desire to throw more good news around, my religious waivers were approved. Both as a student and as a employee at a university. My student one was initially denied, but I appealed that hard and the decision was reversed. Do I need to be a student? No. And yes, I am rethinking this degree.

I do not believe there is a one-size-fits-all religious waiver. I was very careful. I tailored mine to my faith, citing religious leaders in a separate document, and I emphasized that previous immunizations occurred before my baptism (all true). I emphasized my constitutional right to this decision and, for my employee waiver, my rights under Title VII of the Civil Rights Act (42 U.S. Code, section 2000e).

They took their sweet time making a decision, folks. As far as I can guess, they worked hard to find a way to deny my waiver, but ultimately couldn't.

Now to prepare myself for "mandatory weekly testing starting in 2022". Those PCR tests are being thrown out by Dec 31st, IIRC, for unreliability. No idea how they can assert medical necessity for a test that not even the CDC can stand behind...

It's a good day! Thanks for celebrating with me.