The future of home office jabs. https://www.zerohedge.com/covid-19/aussie-health-chief-covid-will-be-us-forever-people-will-have-get-used-endless-booster
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The World Health Organization is monitoring a new coronavirus variant called “mu,” which the agency says has mutations that have the potential to evade immunity provided by a previous Covid-19 infection or vaccination.
Mu — also known by scientists as B.1.621 — was added to the WHO’s list of variants “of interest” on Aug. 30, the international health organization said in its weekly Covid epidemiological report published late Tuesday.
The variant contains genetic mutations that indicate natural immunity, current vaccines or monoclonal antibody treatments may not work as well against it as they do against the original ancestral virus, the WHO said. The mu strain needs further study to confirm whether it will prove to be more contagious, more deadly or more resistant to current vaccines and treatments.
Certainly can't. It infected about 1/3 of the roughly 1.8 billion peeps at the time and ki---d at least 20 million. Multiply by at least 6 to get today's numbers.
Can't hide the fact that 98% of hospital admissions are unvaxed and roughly 1000 vaxxed peeps have died, out of 170million jabs.
Pick your odds
The pandemic of 1918 was destroyed by herd immunity , natural immunity. The proof is that we are here. Our immune system was designed over millions of years to survive. Rather lose a job than my health. The information is beginning to really turn up now. Can't hid the truth if you look for it. Your decision.
https://www.theblaze.com/op-ed/horowitz-15-studies-that-indicate-natural-immunity-from-prior-infection-is-more-robust-than-the-covid-vaccines
It's fine if you don't want to get vaccinated, just don't show up at the hospital and take up valuable space when you get sick with COVID. Deal?
I wonder when or if this comes to ALL stores?!
Here’s the thing- the science, which clearly says, and can be proven by arithmetic, the more people that are vaccinated decreases anyone and everyone’s risk of picking up a potential serious sickness. Don’t forget, this is a virus. People should be getting the vaccine because it’s the right thing to do for everyone else around them, like family, children, elderly, neighbors, coworkers, classmates, etc.
Just get the shot.
In the meantime they increased the company life insurance limit to 75 thousand. 25 for your family. 50 for them now.
I bet this will come to all associates pretty soon!
@4uzf Walmart doesn't give 2 sh!ts about their associates. They are like paper towels to be used and tossed away when they have served their purpose.
Walmart only cares about profits so they want to protect those profits to the best of their ability. Lawsuits, real or potential, threaten those profits.
Do you seriously believe a company like walmart who is knows for using its employees as cheap disposable labor would give to sh--s if you die from the vax? Cant sue? Too bad
Someone in minecraft needs to pay walmart exec's a visit
Walmart does not profit from giving the vaccination to their employees or anyone else. The vaccine is paid for by the Federal Government and given for free to anyone. Many pharmacies and other businesses (CVS, Wslgreens etc.) have partnered with vaccine makers to get the vaccine out.
I am 100% positive Walmart's high priced lawyers have already gone through legal cases and legal advice from outside sources to determine they can impose the vaccine mandate. Dozens of companies are implementing this mandate.
Ask yourself this: Let's say WM has no covid mandates (no masks, no health checks, no vaccines, etc...) and it becomes business as usual and all associates have to return to the office and work onsite. The current AR vaccine rate is 47.1% with people getting at least 1 dose, so let's call it 50%.
You now have 50% of your work environment unvaccinated. We all know the buildings you work in the HO are nothing but germ factories especially when school is in session. Having the vaccine does not prevent you from catching the virus but it does prevent serious symptoms and hospitalization.
Let's say an associate catches the virus and dies. Let's say they can 100% link the death to a specific unvaccinated associate. Who caused the death? WM? WM is required to maintain a safe work environment for their employees and provide reasonable accommodations. The associate who refused to get the vaccine and was a virus carrier cause the death?
What if it was your family member that died in this situation? The family breadwinner.
Your child. Your spouse. How would you feel? You certainly would contact a lawyer to see if you could sue.
It's all hypothetical but I'll wager WM's lawyers have role played these scenarios.
(I expect to be downvoted for using logic, reasoning and common sense.)
Dont feel alone! Their are many people in this position. Try to get plugged into a support network. You are not alone.
@2trt I was reading the comments last night when the page 'blinked.' That was when all the likes/dislikes jumped in counts. Really weird. I figure someone set up a bot.
You can completely disregard the votes/reactions anywhere in this entire layoff forum now. There’s at least one person with no life, no friends, and no brain that likes to pump up their own posts or pump down someone else’s. It’s a shame, but in this age of “i_cant_help_it_im_a_loser”, some people have no other choices how to entertain themselves. Maybe they think they’re important (or wish they were), but the bottom line is this- pay absolutely no attention to the votes/reactions.
How many of these negative votes are from butthurt, salty HO associates?
@2jsv And don't be surprised if by some 'miracle', those associates and contractors that choose to not get the vaccine, are culled in the upcoming head count reduction.
I want to be safe in my work environment and know that my teammates are vaccinated.
So, first of all, Walmart has every right to require associates to get the shot. They also have the right to let you go if you refuse. On the flip side, associates have a right to request and get an exemption without giving any reason whatsoever. But, if told you need to get it, you either need to comply or notify your direct supervisor that you are seeking an exemption. You don’t have to say why. Just like certain faiths/religions/beliefs don’t vaccinate, you can as well. They have to acknowledge your exemption request and accommodate you. Your store personnel person should be able to direct you on the process. At HO, each dept has a HR rep assigned to the director team. Reach out to that person with a short note asking the process to request an exemption.
HMMM! Wonder when it will be for all stores! I bet it's coming.
Unfortunately, Walmart, being a private business can mandate the vaccine for their employees. (I'll get downvoted for speaking the truth though.) Source - https://www.employmentlawfirms.com/resources/can-my-employer-require-me-to-get-the-covid-19-vaccine.html
Similarly, employees who work in the private-sector do not, as a rule, have First Amendment protection for their speech in the workplace. Source - https://corporate.findlaw.com/law-library/freedom-of-speech-in-the-workplace-the-first-amendment-revisited.html
Someone may believe they have a right to not get a vaccine and risk their own life but what about the people around them ? Don't they also have a right of not catching the coronavirus from someone if they happen to be a carrier/contagious regardless of all precautions taken by everyone? (I am allergic/highly sensitive to cigarette smoke. I used this argument when I had to go to HR for smokers at entrances to my workplaces in the past.)
I would expect that Arkansas being a right to work state (aka fire at will), and any other similar states, may find a way to legally 'separate' those that are not compliant.
I also would expect that if a high number of political and religious exemptions from associates arise, then you better expect possible legal action taken against you. Can a standard employee survive a legal battle with Walmart? Probably not.
Plenty of legal precedent to support this mandate. That doesn’t mean people won’t fight and it’s about to get really interesting.
I encourage every Home Office Associate with a religious or medical objection to these vaccines to file a request for an exemption. There are lots of Legal documents freely available on the Internet for you to use to address this specific issue with your leaders.
Yes, Employers are well within their rights to require the vaccination. I’m sure the HO legal staff sought just about everyone and their brother’s opinion on this. On the flip side, this dove tails right into the headcount reduction plan for next year, especially with the rating system changes and the obvious expected growth of the ‘below expectations’ category. Those that are not vaccinated will have voluntarily separated themselves. So, by the time layoffs are done in Q122, a significant number of real badged associates will be gone. All that work will go to contractors, 3rd party and to offshore. The poor guys over at David Glass building are going to get the worst of it, that’s pretty clear.
Oh goodness..hope they don't mandate this in all stores too...we definitely wouldn't be staffed.
What announcement? When and where was this? I haven't seen anything about forced vaccinations!
Will be interesting to see how many associates choose to leave rather than accept the ultimatum given.