Washington State Trooper Who Refused to Get Vaccinated and Left His Job Very Dramatically, Dies From COVID-19

[Shero]

A little schadenfreude going on here perhaps? Coupled with some finger wagging (you’d better get vaccinated, you naughty people” ) it really isn’t a good look. Stop it.

No one feels joy at the death of someone. No one that I know of anyway.
This trooper's death was his own doing. In spite of this, I am sure most people will be if anything, angry at a wasted life.

Also, where is the "finger wagging?" I cannot detect any, but I am sure you are one of those people who can read anything where there is nothing to read.
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[Jeni]

I'm wondering about the trooper's claim to have an exemption on "religious grounds".

What does that mean exactly? Does it mean that one is willing to become a martyr for adhering to some deeply held belief? If that is so, perhaps he died happy. I hope he did, rather than dying with heavy regret.

No-one is forced to receive a vaccine but that does not mean that an employer cannot require you to have one, no matter what your duties are. This officer was apparently offered alternate duties but found them unacceptable. He resigned very publicly by way of a video in which he stated that the Governor Jay Inslee "can kiss my a*s.”

No wonder his death from Covid 19 was reported in the Washington Post.

The Washington Post is in Washington DC not the state of Washington
although it is owned by Bezos like Amazon which is headquartered in Seattle

 

[SeaBreeze]

No one feels joy at the death of someone. No one that I know of anyway.
This trooper's death was his own doing. In spite of this, I am sure most people will be if anything, angry at a wasted life.

Also, where is the "finger wagging?" I cannot detect any, but I am sure you are one of those people who can read anything where there is nothing to read.
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Exactly, well said.

 

[ohioboy]

I'm wondering about the trooper's claim to have an exemption on "religious grounds".

What does that mean exactly?

Core based in the 1st AM's Free Exercise Clause. Since it is a government mandate, of course it triggers a Constitutional issue, used as a false by-pass, or a genuine one. The claim basically is probably, the body is the Temple of the Holy Spirit, thus no other spirit (needles/drugs), etc. are permitted to contaminate the pureness. That may be a broad example, but it is a simple one to contrast.

There was a case back many years ago that went to the United States Supreme Court that involved certain native Americans who wished to use Peyote in their religious rituals, and claimed a 1st AM right to do so. The SC ruled in the negative.

 

[Warrigal]

Thanks. I keep forgetting about the Bill of Rights.