So my employer is reviewing my exemption submission for COVID-19. The basis for my religious exemption is the use of fetal cell lines HEK-293 and PER.C6 in the development, research, testing, manufacturing, etc of the vax.

They called and asked me if I'm able to confirm that I refrain from using any and all other OTC / common medications that use these cell lines (Tylenol, ibuprofen, etc). My cabinet is full of natural vitamins and supplements. I drink water when I have a headache. So yes, I can answer that question. But holy cow is that not an extreme overreach of the scope of the exemption request? Has anyone else dealt with this?

I am a medical device vendor. I received this email from a supply chain director at a local hospital today.

“It has come to my attention that you have requested an exemption to the Covid-19 and Influenza vaccination requirements as provided in the Purchasing Sales/Vendor Representatives Polices/Procedures. Please know that we are not allowing exemptions to this policy. Should you not be able to meet this requirement and need to have access to our facilities, then we would ask that your company provide someone that can meet our requirements.

Thank you for your support of our policies as we work to protect our patients and staff.”

PLEASE someone explain how this is legal. They ARE allowing exemptions for their direct staff (who have direct patient contact, unlike me.) But not for vendors who provide their products…

Additionally, below are excerpts from CMS Omnibus COVID-19 Health Care Staff Vaccination Interim Final Rule (link here: https://www.cms.gov/files/document/cms-omnibus-covid-19-health-care-staff-vaccination-requirements-2021.pdf)

According to the document: "CMS requires facilities to allow for exemptions to staff with (as a reasonable accommodation) for a disability or a sincerely held religious belief, observance, or practice and for medical reasons. Providers and suppliers should establish exceptions as a part of its policies and procedures and in alignment with Federal law."

Furthermore, Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 expressly prohibits discrimination based on race, color, religion, sex and national origin.

I need answers. It can’t just be “because we can.” Someone tell me how they can do this and tell me what I can do to stop this.

“Hard times make strong men, strong men make good times, good times make weak men, and weak men make hard times.”

This is the classic generational problem. Parents work hard to give their children a better life, but they often don't require their children to work hard to give their children a better life.

The generational vision is too short, so the generation that benefits from the inheritance of their parents ends up consuming the benefits instead of investing and stewarding them for the future.

We are in the midst of a cultural decline and it's easy to see the same ingredients at work. We have enjoyed wealth and good times, but we have become consumers focusing on our own enjoyment instead of sacrificing for our children and grandchildren.

In fact, we have actually sacrificed our children for our own self-actualization, most extremely through abortion. We have marginalized the worship of God and discipleship in the church. We have repudiated and deconstructed tradition and parents and authority, rewritten history, and cut our children off from their true cultural inheritance through our education system.

Now we have reached a tipping point where our nation has been taken over by lawless globalists who are the latest version of an empire with an agenda of taking us all into captivity.

Revival history is tied to this cultural cycle. Revivals often break out in seasons of revolution and reformation. Revival brings us back to God, to the truth, to our identity, to virtue, and then to legacy and purpose.

Why are we here? We are here because we are part of a multi-generational mission in which Jesus is creating a family and nation from all the nations of the world. It's bigger than the rise and fall of any nation or empire. It's all that matters for eternity.

We need a revival to recover our spiritual and cultural inheritance in this nation, in our families, in the world. We need a move of God to restore everything that is ours that we have lost or forgotten, and to give us a vision for how to pass this on for generations to come.

• Danny Silk (Highly recommend you check his books and podcast out if you are looking to create a healthy culture in your home and family.)

I am a medical device sales representative. I provide products and clinical support during surgery in dozens of facilities across my territory. I have greatly succeeded in gaining exemptions for 90% of my client hospitals. There is one facility in particular that says they offer exemptions to direct hospital employees and do not restrict visitors. However, they mandate flu and covid vaccination for vendors with no exemptions. (I am considered a vendor). All I could get out of them is "We have the right to do that."

I asked, "If I walked into the hospital to support a surgery as a vendor and broke my leg on the curb outside, and instead walked into the hospital as a patient...I am allowed access. But if I am wearing my scrubs going to do my job, I am not?"

How can you offer exemptions to certain people and not others based on employment status? Is that not the epitome of discrimination?

Long story short... I need advice. Any other medical reps out there with similar situations? Any legal advisors I can speak to? There is 100% a way around this, but the decision makers hide behind the "worker bees" at these hospitals as protection. Any guidance is appreciated!