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Pentagon releases religious exemption guidelines for bypassing mandatory vaccine
Fox News ^ | Caitlin McFall

Posted on 08/12/2021 7:14:03 PM PDT by george76

Service members who want a vaccine exemption will be required to seek counseling regarding their decision..

The Pentagon on Tuesday released guidelines for how service members could request a religious exemption in lieu of getting the coronavirus vaccine.

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"There is a religious exemption possibility for any mandatory vaccine, and there's a process that we go through to counsel the individual both from a medical and from a command perspective about using a religious exemption," Pentagon press secretary John Kirby said Tuesday.

Kirby said military service members who wish to seek an exemption will be required to be counseled by a medical professional and a commander over the risks posed by not receiving the vaccine.

In addition, they will discuss how the decision could affect their deployability, travel, or even assignments – though the request processes will differ in each branch.

"We take freedom of religion and worship seriously, in the military, it's one of the things that we sign up to defend," Kirby said. "And so it's something that's done very carefully."

Exemptions for pre-existing medical conditions will be permitted as well, though those will be identified by a medical professional.

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KEYWORDS: coronavirus; covid; exemption; exemptions; mandatory; mandatoryvaccine; pentagon; religiousexemption; vaccine; vaccineexemption
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To: JD_UTDallas

“ Even the administration has publicly said they expect approval by Labor day or soon after and they run...”

Are you kidding?

The administration? Honest people?


21 posted on 08/12/2021 8:12:30 PM PDT by stanne
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To: george76

Bookmark


22 posted on 08/12/2021 8:15:02 PM PDT by TianaHighrider (God bless President Trump. Prayers for PDJT and his loyal supporters.)
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To: george76

Vaccine counseling session:

https://youtu.be/7FscnxeTD20


23 posted on 08/12/2021 8:15:08 PM PDT by conservative98
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To: JD_UTDallas
Those who refuse the vaccines are ending their military career.

No worries. Conservative Caucasian warriors are not really wanted in the new woke transgender gay pride army. We are too busy fortifying our households for the Great Reset.
24 posted on 08/12/2021 8:15:20 PM PDT by Jan_Sobieski (Sanctification)
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To: DennisR

There may be lawsuits. None will succeed.


25 posted on 08/12/2021 8:19:21 PM PDT by ready2brd
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To: Jan_Sobieski

It absolutely will be approved. Probably before Labor Day. And there will be no successful lawsuits against the government. That is just fantasy


26 posted on 08/12/2021 8:22:49 PM PDT by ready2brd
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To: Jan_Sobieski

You couldn’t be more wrong. Read the PREP act the actual text of it. Then remember it was invoked by the Don not sleepy Joe’s admin. Either way Pfizer and Moderna both have full indemnity till 2024 regardless of approval or not. Full indemnity against all civil suits anywhere and every Court only Congress can revoke the act and sleepy how must sign that bill or Congress needs a 2/3 veto proof majority in both houses as my undergrads say it’s “unpossible”

Read and learn grasshopper

https://www.cnbc.com/2020/12/16/covid-vaccine-side-effects-compensation-lawsuit.html


27 posted on 08/12/2021 8:23:44 PM PDT by JD_UTDallas ("Veni Vidi Vici" )
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To: stanne

Liberals tend to do as they say when it benefits them. The executive runs the FDA and it’s full of loyalists the bigguy has said make it so and they will follow suit. We should start a football like betting square for approvals in the month of September I’ll take the Tuesday after Labor day for $20


28 posted on 08/12/2021 8:27:11 PM PDT by JD_UTDallas ("Veni Vidi Vici" )
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To: packagingguy

ADE is an issue with all coronavirus vaccine attempts historically, likely due to the fast mutation rate of coronaviruses in general.

While the mrna type vaccines are scary as hell, anything coming out any time soon just won’t have the safety testing to establish ADE risk.


29 posted on 08/12/2021 8:28:14 PM PDT by WoofDog123
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To: george76

What is the point of debate? ACB just single handedly ruled just get the jab and don’t bother asking why.


30 posted on 08/12/2021 8:28:48 PM PDT by shanover (...To disarm the people is the best and most effectual way to enslave them.-S.Adams)
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To: Jan_Sobieski

I think it is going to be approved within weeks.

The FDA historically has been very particular with trial design, perceived risks, etc. If you read through or listen to NDA reviews, they can put company scientists through the ringer over fairly moderate areas of concern.

all the rules have changed now. they work with pharma co’s on trial design, and almost certainly greenlighted if not insisted on limited/minimal safety data accumulation. the decision to remove placebo arms almost had to have been initiated by them.

whatever invisible hand is moving things, the FDA isn’t going to stand in the way of it.


31 posted on 08/12/2021 8:31:11 PM PDT by WoofDog123
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To: JD_UTDallas

I’ll take that bet

I say it doesn’t get approved this September


32 posted on 08/12/2021 8:32:31 PM PDT by stanne
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To: JD_UTDallas

You really are an ignorant fool. First, FDA approval would have nothing to do with Jacobsen kicking in.

Second, Jacobson has been undermined by 100 years of jurisprudence. It isn’t clear at all that the outcome would be the same.

Third, this is about the 7th time you’ve played pretend lawyer here, and you really should knock it off. You seem to be Forgetting about the fact that the federal government has ZERO authority to issue a nationwide mandate for all citizens (the feds don’t have general police power) and forgetting that numerous States have already banned such mandates. Your nazi scenario won’t play out the way you think. It’s well past the red line for far more than you think.

Remember, thw fact that you are a coward doesn’t mean everyone else is. Please, don’t tell me you aren’t either. We can even test that right now.

You’ve made a bold prediction, a nationwide federal mandate for all citizens by November. So put up or shut up. If no such mandate comes down by November 15, you agree to leave FR and never post again. If it does, I’ll do the same.

Are you game? Or just another blowhard coward?


33 posted on 08/12/2021 8:35:04 PM PDT by TexasGurl24
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To: stanne

He’s a coward. I offered him a bet before and he tucked and ran.


34 posted on 08/12/2021 8:35:32 PM PDT by TexasGurl24
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To: stanne; All

Pfizer & Modena not “derived from” fetal cells (not used in production)...J&J is. Fetal cells using the initial testing of Pfizer & Moderna. See:

https://lozierinstitute.org/what-you-need-to-know-about-the-covid-19-vaccine/

https://s27589.pcdn.co/wp-content/uploads/2020/12/06.02.21-warp-speed-vaccines-June.pdf

https://s27589.pcdn.co/wp-content/uploads/2020/12/CHART-Analysis-of-COVID-19-Vaccines-02June21.pdf

Catholics:

https://www.catholicnewsagency.com/news/246712/usccb-modernas-and-pfizers-coronavirus-vaccines-ethically-preferable-to-johnson-johnsons


35 posted on 08/12/2021 8:38:57 PM PDT by Drago
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To: george76
Kirby said military service members who wish to seek an exemption will be required to be counseled badgered and bullied by a medical professional and a commander over the risks posed by not receiving the vaccine.
36 posted on 08/12/2021 8:42:51 PM PDT by Allegra
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To: JD_UTDallas

Beat’s dying young and horribly.

I wonder what the calculation will be when the brass realizes they have to dump the bulk of their trained infantry and special forces, and pilots.

If I was in, my calculation would be the chance of losing my career if the majority of my fellows in uniform submit to the threats, versus the virtual certainty of becoming a sacrifice to population reduction via the vaccine.


37 posted on 08/12/2021 8:44:48 PM PDT by JustaTech (A mind is a terrible thing)
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To: JD_UTDallas
Good point. However Distrust in the Government because of reactions and adverse effects is growing daily. CDC’s mishandling of COVID DATA AND VAERS, indiscriminate lockdowns, fraudulent elections, and Bad vaccine Data from Israel, is a portent of what is coming as cold and flu COVID season descends on North America. Americans have been fooled into this experiment once. Shame on us (not my family). I don’t think they will be fooled again. Civil unrest of conservatives and independents will effectively end Pax Americana…if it isn’t over already. Perhaps the Beau Bergdahls and Chelsea Manning’s will take up the slack?

That said, I would not put it past them to approve these pcd(s) (population control devices)

Say, is “grasshopper” some form of pet name you Dallas people greet each other with?
38 posted on 08/12/2021 8:48:07 PM PDT by Jan_Sobieski (Sanctification)
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To: TexasGurl24

Honest Question? Why do you refer to yourself as Gurl? And, not Girl? My teenage son tells me that is the way Trannies refer to themselves. Gurl=Guy Girl.


39 posted on 08/12/2021 8:55:47 PM PDT by ocrp1982 ( Bibicly)
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To: JD_UTDallas

While there is hot debate on this topic, there are many experts who believe the virus will be almost completely gone in the US by November.

That may not be enough to stop the vaccine fascists, but it might be...


40 posted on 08/12/2021 8:57:01 PM PDT by cgbg (A kleptocracy--if they can keep it. Think of it as the Cantillon Effect in action.)
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