Civilized said:
Wolfer79 said:
Inside Nick Rolovich's downfall at Washington State over the COVID-19 vaccine
https://www.espn.com/college-football/story/_/id/32459767/inside-nick-rolovich-downfall-washington-state-covid-19-vaccine
"Over about an hour, Rolovich drove a conversation that focused on topics that were consistent with what Palmer said has been shared by the "anti-vax crowd on social media" over the past several years.
"Kind of typical ones: Is Bill Gates involved with the vaccines? Does [Gates] hold a patent on the vaccines?" Palmer recalled to ESPN. "He asked whether SV40 is in the vaccines and whether that could be a dangerous thing. And the answer to that is no."
"I just tried to address those kind of more specific questions that have come up and I think many of those concerns were widely shared on social media, by individuals, and I just addressed them with the best data that I could and tried to give him clear answers," Palmer said.
While Palmer left what he called "a very cordial conversation" unsure if Rolovich would get vaccinated, he felt the coach's primary concerns were about possible side effects.
"I think it's fair to say that was his major hesitancy," Palmer said. (Rolovich did not bring up any religious beliefs he felt could be in conflict with taking a vaccine, Palmer said.)
I'm shocked that an anti-vax conspiracy theory guy looking for ways to get out of his employer's vax requirement would end up claiming a religious exemption along with four of his close colleagues.
Relatedly, only around 8% of Washington state employees filed for religious exemptions. For five football coaches from different backgrounds on the same very small staff to all have true religious exemptions to the vaccine is statistically unlikely, to say the least.
I'm shocked that someone that claims to be against government mandates is selective quoting from a propaganda piece.
Interesting you skipped over this quote. " A church's official stance, however, has no bearing on what can be a sincerely held religious belief in the state of Washington, according to Charlotte Garden, an associate law professor at the Seattle University School of Law and an expert in employment law."
The nonsense Katie Lane opening and closing of the article accentuate the propaganda. Completely irrelevant to the situation.