Unvaccinated medical workers turn to religious exemptions
In this June 7, 2021, photo, demonstrators at Houston Methodist Baytown Hospital in Baytown, Texas, wave at cars that honk at them to support their protest against a policy that says hospital employees must get vaccinated against COVID-19 or lose their jobs. Religious exemptions are increasingly becoming a workaround for hospital and nursing home staff who want to keep their jobs in the face of federal COVID-19 vaccine mandates that are going into effect nationwide this week. (Yi-Chin Lee/Houston Chronicle via AP, File)
By HEATHER HOLLINGSWORTH
Associated Press
When nurse Julia Buffo was told by her Montana hospital that she had to be vaccinated against COVID-19, she responded by filling out paperwork declaring that the shots run afoul of her religious beliefs....
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