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Nursing students all over America have been facing unconstitutional mandates within their nursing programs. Medical facilities are prohibiting nursing students to fulfill their required clinical rotations within hospital systems simply because they choose not to receive the COVID-19 vaccination. Though many want to believe Covid is behind us, it is anything but behind us! Let 2023 be a season for pursuing justice! We must expose these medical institutions who have forgotten that this is the United States of America, not communist China. American citizens have a right to choose not to have medical procedures and injections done to them against their will. Americans should not be required to go through lengthy explanations of their sincerely held religious belief for some other American citizens to be able to Lord over they are words and deem whether or not their religion is truly a sincerely held belief. Who do they think they are!?! Only the creator of the universe knows the sincerity of anyone’s religious sincerity.

Nursing students need our help. The majority of them are between the ages of 20 and 25 years old, and they simply just do not know anything about vaccines. When they are faced with tyrannical mandates and bullies within the administration and other hospitals, many are so intimidated that they submit in order to be able to successfully complete their dream of becoming a nurse. These bully tactics must stop! Have these colleges and medical institutions forgotten that this is the United States of America, and there’s this thing called the first amendment!?! Since when does the choice to enter any career require the sacrifice of your health and very life to fulfill a requirement to supposedly protect people within the Hospital system because you got a vaccination when we know that hospitals have humans walking in and out of it all day long just like any other public place. Viruses don’t stop at the front door just because it’s called the hospital. Just because a vaccinated Nurse is walking around Walmart fully vaccinated does not mean that there are 100 other people there with viruses she’s not vaccinated against. Thank goodness the Supreme Court saw the absurdity of these vaccine mandates and overturn the Biden federal vaccine mandate. The CMS mandate is destined to fall as well. It’s time that medical schools, nursing programs, and medical facilities get up-to-date on what’s happening in the legal system regarding mandates.

In a groundbreaking legal victory, nursing students in Arizona emerged triumphant in the federal case of Thomas versus Maricopa County Community College. The ruling has significant implications for the rights of nursing students and individuals, underscoring the importance of personal choice in regard to COVID-19 vaccination mandates. The COVID-19 pandemic presented numerous challenges to the healthcare industry, prompting discussions on the implementation of vaccination requirements for healthcare professionals. Maricopa County Community College in Arizona issued a mandate, insisting that all nursing students receive the COVID-19 vaccine as a condition for participation in clinical rotations. This decision led to a legal battle that unfolded in the case of Thomas versus Maricopa County Community College.

The plaintiffs argued that the mandate violated their rights to personal autonomy and medical decision-making. They contended that individuals should have the freedom to choose whether or not to receive the vaccine, especially considering the lack of long-term data on its efficacy and potential side effects. This case gained national attention as it addressed the fundamental question of balancing public health interests with individual rights. After a rigorous legal process, the case was brought before a federal court, which weighed the arguments of the plaintiffs and the defendant. The court recognized the importance of balancing individual rights with public health considerations. Ultimately, the verdict favored the nursing students, ruling that the vaccine mandate imposed by Maricopa County Community College infringed upon their personal autonomy. The court’s decision acknowledged that while vaccination can play a vital role in mitigating the spread of infectious diseases, the imposition of such mandates on individuals without adequate exemptions encroaches upon their fundamental rights. It emphasized the significance of preserving personal choice and the freedom to make informed decisions about medical interventions.

We must all get the word out to the Nursing Schools and Medical Facilities in your area. We also need nursing students willing to bring litigation to the academic institutions continuing these practices. Reach out to Nurse Out Loud to provide you with a list of lawyers ready to fight for your right to choose what goes in your body and your right not to be discriminated against because of your choice not to get vaccinated. Those that are allowed religious accommodations but then are punished with regular Covid testing are also being unconstitutionally discriminated against, and this must stop!

Below is a state of Georgia request for religious accommodation to refuse the COVID-19 vaccine. I included all the questions in this generic form with suggested answers by Nurse Michele. I am not a lawyer, so this is not legal advice, just simply a nurse trying to make it easier for you to fight in this battle. You can click on any of the hyperlinks to get your citations to utilize as you see fit. This is not medical advice.

I encourage each of the nursing students not to give up and to be the judge that will be brave and courageous in this battle for truth and justice. Future generations of future nurses are counting on you.

• 20 VACCINES QUESTION FOR MEDICAL PROFESSIONALS
• Solving the Anti-VAXXER Riddle of Disinformation
• 20 Answers to 20 Vaccine Questions for Medical Professionals
• CDC Contraindications for Vaccinations
• A Kaiser Permanente Nurse’s Stand Against COVID Vaccination

SAMPLE DOCUMENT TO HELP YOU FILE YOUR RELIGIOUS EXEMPTION

(It is recommended to get legal counsel)

Questions from the Facility are in Bold Black Print

Nurse Michele’s suggested Answers are in Purple

This unnamed Georgia healthcare System’s Covid vaccine policy requires all workforce members to be fully vaccinated. The Hospital will consider requests for reasonable accommodation based on disability and sincerely held religious beliefs on an individual basis.

A human resources professional will carefully review all requests and may ask for additional information from you. After your request has been reviewed and processed, you will be notified, in writing, if an exemption has been granted or denied.

In order to submit a request, you must:

• read the CDC COVID-19 vaccine information
• complete this form & attach all supplemental materials,
• including your answers to the questions below in your own words; (feel free to claim Nurse Michele’s words as your own, or simply state, upon seeking counsel, I was advised to use the following answers that are my own)
• email the completed documents to the following address and list in the email subject line: Covid vaccine exemption request: your name and specify the entity/Hospital 

Please describe the religious belief (S) and/or practice (S) as that is the basis for your request for accommodation

I am not under any obligation by law to be required to disclose my sincerely held religious beliefs to any entity. My sincerely held religious beliefs are entirely my own and unique to my autonomous self.

The first amendment to the United States Constitution prevents the government from making laws that regulate the establishment of religion, or that prohibit the free exercise of religion, or abridging the freedom of speech…,

This letter serves to notify you that I am invoking my right to religious accommodation under Title VII of the US Civil Rights Act

It is unconstitutional to require a US citizen to have to disclose their sincerely held religious beliefs with the threat of consequences and force me to have injected into my body a medical product, against my conscience and religious beliefs, in order to pursue my right to education in the US, denying my right to freely exercise my religion, and right to a conscientious objection to a medical procedure.

Though the CMS mandate has been upheld, “Earlier this year, (of 2023) ICAN’s attorneys wrote a letter in support of a petition submitted to HHS by the Attorneys General of 22 different states, which demanded the repeal of the CMS COVID vaccine mandate for nearly all healthcare workers in the U.S. In the face of unrelenting public and legal pressure, CMS relented and announced it will soon withdraw the mandate.” 

Additionally, the Supreme Court saw fit to overturn the federal COVID-19 vaccine mandate, which was unconstitutionally imposed upon US citizens in 2021 by the Biden administration. In a 6-3 order, the justices blocked an Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) emergency rule for businesses with more than 100 employees, mandating that large businesses require their employees to either be vaccinated or tested once a week for the coronavirus. These federal mandates were significant encroachment into the lives — and health — of a vast number of Americans. “Although COVID–19 is a risk that occurs in many workplaces, it is not an occupational hazard in most,” the justices continue. “COVID–19 can and does spread at home, in schools, during sporting events, and everywhere else that people gather. That kind of universal risk is no different from the day-to-day dangers that all face from crime, air pollution, or any number of communicable diseases. Permitting OSHA to regulate the hazards of daily life — simply because most Americans have jobs and face those same risks while on the clock — would significantly expand OSHA’s regulatory authority without clear congressional authorization.” “Administrative agencies are creatures of statute,” the court wrote in an unsigned opinion. “They accordingly possess only the authority that Congress has provided. This is no ‘everyday exercise of federal power.’ It is instead a significant encroachment into the lives — and health — of a vast number of employees.” The court writes: “The Act empowers the Secretary to set workplace safety standards, not broad public health measures. Confirming the point, the Act’s provisions typically speak to hazards that employees face at work. And no provision of the Act addresses public health more generally, which falls outside of OSHA’s sphere of expertise” Up until recently, we took for granted the right to weigh the risks for ourselves: We showed up to work knowing full well we could be exposed to the common cold or flu. We got behind the wheel of a car, knowing we could end up in an accident during our commute. We consumed products, knowing what they might do to our health, without wondering what OSHA or the Biden administration might think of it.

The decision about how to approach a transmissible virus is no different, especially since recent data prove the virus will spread no matter what we do. Every single person will be infected with COVID-19 at some point — OSHA can’t stop that from happening, and it doesn’t get to determine how you respond to that threat. Fortunately, the Supreme Court agrees. (The Washington Examiner Reporting)

Please describe how receipt of the COVID-19 vaccine violates such religious beliefs and or practices 

It is my right, as an autonomous human being, to honor my body. According to my religion, My body is considered the Temple of God (see Citations below), but even if I’m not a Christian, it’s the only body I have. If I inject something into it that I believe is potentially harmful, I am causing intentional harm to my body. It is against my sincerely held religious beliefs to do anything that I believe is harmful to my body.

If applicable, please provide any supporting scriptures or other text that relate to such religious beliefs and practices and receipt of a COVID-19 vaccine

As a US Citizen, I am not obligated to provide supporting scriptures or texts that relate to my religious beliefs. It is a gross violation of my 1st Amendment Rights to have to explain my religious beliefs in order to maintain my meritoriously attained status as a student In this college. Nor is there someone in any position of authority who can presume to judge my personal relationship with my creator and the exercise thereof as I see fit. However, as a courtesy, I will share the following scriptures supporting my right to protect my body, the Temple of God, and The Holy Spirit as my conscience deems appropriate:

These citations are not exhaustive, Simply provided as a courtesy;

• 1 Corinthians 6:19-20 – What? know ye not that your body is the temple of the Holy Ghost which is in you, which ye have of God, and ye are not your own?
• 1 Corinthians 6:20 – For ye are bought with a price: therefore glorify God in your body, and in your spirit, which are God’s.
• 1 Corinthians 3:16-17 – Know ye not that ye are the temple of God, and that the Spirit of God dwelleth in you?

Do you refrain from all vaccines on the same basis, or is your objection limited to the COVID-19 vaccine? If only the COVID-19 vaccine, please explain the difference.

Vaccines, like all medication’s administered in the US, come with risks and benefits. It is the obligation of the recipient to weigh the risks and benefits to deem whether or not each individual product within each vaccine is appropriate for them as an individual. Medical professionals are taught to cautiously and carefully titrate medication based on gender, age, weight, pre-existing medical conditions, etc. The majority of medication administration is customized to the individual patient. Vaccines, on the other hand, are given to the masses if all medical histories are the same when they are not.

The majority of vaccines received by the US population are given between the ages of zero and 18 years old. People born prior to 1983 receive less than six vaccines before the age of 18.

By 1983 children faced mandated vaccines at 24 doses before they hit the age of 18.

At the time that Covid hit America in 2020, American children faced 69 mandated doses of childhood vaccines before the age of 18.

Since the introduction of the Covid vaccine being approved for the children’s vaccine schedule, American children now face greater than 72 vaccine doses before the age of 18.

I was born in ____, after the childhood vaccine act of 1986. That ACT provided 100% liability-free protection to all vaccine makers forcing vaccine-injured children and families to have to pursue justice and litigation through the federal vaccine court of special masters.

I’m presently ___ years old.

Because the majority of children receive childhood vaccines while they are still minors, my parents had the sole authority to dictate which vaccines I received and did not receive

Based on their educated decision-making at the time. I was not included in that process. I was merely a minor recipient of whatever vaccines they deemed necessary for me.

Any vaccines that I may not have received on the childhood vaccine schedule were based on my parents’ educated, conscientious objection.

All decisions regarding vaccines injected into my body are now made by me as an autonomous adult. Since becoming an adult, I have not submitted to any vaccinations of any kind based on my conscientious objection to my sincerely held religious beliefs. As an adult, I am now obligated to make sure that I have proper informed consent regarding any medical procedures. I am now aware, as an adult, that no childhood vaccines have ever gone through any placebo safety trials. Additionally, my research has confirmed what my conscience led me to, which is to not participate in the COVID-19 vaccinations.

Regarding the COVID-19 vaccine, it is well documented in the medical literature that it is not like any other previous vaccine given to children or adults. In fact, the CDC had to change the very definition of the word vaccine to accommodate the new mRNA technology medical drug so they could be called a vaccine.

The CDC has a reporting system for adverse events following vaccination called VAERS. According to www.openvaers.org, There have been over 2 million reports of vaccine adverse events following the Covid vaccination, 35,000-45,000 Covid vaccine-reported deaths, over 205,000 total Covid vaccine reported hospitalizations, and greater than 1,500,000 vaccine-adverse event reports filed with VAERS. Though VAERS is a passive reporting system, it is the only system besides the V-SAFE system that the CDC provides to the American public to ascertain adverse reactions to any vaccine. Though any citizen can file a vaccine report through VAERS, Knowingly filing a false VAERS report is a violation of Federal law (18 U.S. Code § 1001), punishable by fine and imprisonment. In recent FOIA requests by ICAN, it was discovered that CDC was aware of significant adverse events and death following the COVID-19 vaccine within their trial data. This information was only disclosed after legal action was taken. Additionally, the FDA admits it has no records indicating COVID-19 vaccine safety protocols were followed.

Additionally, I was made aware that Pfizer was unwilling to release their trial data regarding the COVID-19 vaccine and requested that the courts allow them to wait 75 years to provide all of their trial data to the American public. Thanks to ICAN again making a Freedom of Information Act request of Pfizer, Pfizer was forced to disclose their trial data. Within the Pfizer Documents, shocking revelations of known severe adverse outcomes for adults, children, and pregnant women have been revealed. The Moderna Vaccine Trial Data is under investigation presently by ICAN.

As you may be aware, the EUA J&J COVID-19 was pulled from the market due to safety issues in the recipients.

Additionally, none of the COVID-19 vaccines were ever formally approved in the US. All of them remain as an EUA, therefore, are unapproved vaccines. Pfizer, and the American Government, misled the American people into believing it had an approved vaccine available, when in fact, the Comirnaty vaccine by Pfizer was the only ‘approved’ vaccine, but was never and still is not available anywhere in the US. Even if it were approved, the Pfizer documents reveal a mass cover-up of injury and death within the trials.

Based on my the research noted above, there is nothing that would make me believe it is in my best interest or safe for my body to have the COVID-19 injections as part of my wellness plan and therefore goes against my sincerely held religious beliefs to take any medical product I believe could harm my body.

When did you adopt such religious beliefs and or practices?

The timing of my religious beliefs and practices is not relevant to a scientific discussion as it pertains to proper informed consent for myself as an autonomous individual making conscientious decisions of what is best for my health and my body. Over the course of my lifetime, I have gained knowledge and continue to gain knowledge that guides me in my decision-making process as it pertains to my sincerely held religious belief that I will not put in my body anything that my conscience convinced me not to do.

Other than refraining from vaccinations, how else do you demonstrate such religious beliefs and practices throughout your daily life?

I believe my previous responses adequately expressed How an autonomous US Citizen with rights and sincerely held religious beliefs would be going against my conscience to allow anything I believe could be harmful to my body. My sincerely held religious beliefs dictate all of my actions and choices, and I demonstrated in multiple ways in my life that are not constitutionally appropriate to be discussed in this forum, with the potential threat of reprisal.

In addition to the above-required responses, you may also provide the following to support your request:

Affidavit or other documents from another person describing your beliefs and practices, including information regarding their observation of when you embrace such beliefs and practices, as well as how you have demonstrated adherence to such beliefs and practices.

My sincerely held religious beliefs are not subject to another individual’s observations for their opinions as to whether I have demonstrated adherence to such beliefs. There is no religious authority besides the creator of the universe who has any ability to make such judgments regarding my beliefs and practices and my adherence there to what I embrace as religious beliefs.

Affidavit or other supporting documents from a religious leader, fellow adherent, or other individuals who share the same religious beliefs and or practices with an explanation about how receipt of the COVID-19 vaccine interferes with such beliefs and practices.

It would be inappropriate and unconstitutional to presume that a religious leader or fellow adherent who shares similar religious beliefs or practices could speak to my own personal autonomous, sincerely held religious belief.

Attached, please find: Thomas versus Maricopa county community college Precedent setting supreme court case prohibiting nursing schools from requiring COVID-19 vaccination for students to continue their education.

Initial next to each of the statements below:

___I request exemption from the COVID-19 immunization requirements due to my sincerely held religious belief. I understand and assume the risks of non-immunization.

___I understand that as I am not vaccinated, in order to protect my own health and the health of the community, I will comply with the COVID-19 testing requirements and other preventative guidance except fourth and the Covid vaccine policy and COVID-19 workplace expectations and accountability policy.

(see above notation document in the Supreme Court removal of the OSHA mandate for vaccination and mandatory testing and the CMS mandate that is also being soon withdrawn therefore, compliance with testing is only applicable in the presence of symptoms of illness.) 

___I acknowledge that I have read the CDC COVID-19 vaccine information.

YES

___I understand and agree to comply with and abide by all Georgia Healthcare policies and procedures located on the policy stat.

___I understand that if I am granted, an exemption may only be valid for an approved period. And I may need to submit a new request at a later time.

(It should be considered sufficient to have this present religious accommodation document on file. It would be causing me duress to have to repeat this information at any time in the future and would appear to be discriminating against my sincerely held religious beliefs to require me to provide any further documentation.)

I certify that the information I have provided in connection with this request is accurate and complete. I understand that a mission of false information will result in disciplinary action up to and including termination of employment.

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