IBM says all US employees must be vaccinated by Dec 8 or face unpaid suspension

https://www.cnbc.com/2021/10/07/ibm-says-all-us-employees-must-be-vaccinated-or-face-unpaid-suspension.html

by enkne • 5 years ago

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raxxorrax• 5 years ago

I am vaccinated but I might change jobs if my employer thinks he can make health decisions for me. You don't want this to even start. It seems government and society in the anglospere are a bit overwhelmed.

And suspended for how long exactly?

orionblastar• 5 years ago

I would guuess until they get their shots.

I had a friend who had Covid three times last year. Claimed he didn't need the vaccine. Died this year of the delta variant.

jussij• 5 years ago

The concept of governments and societies enforcing vaccination is nothing new.

For example a child going to school in most development countries will need to be vaccinated against Measles, Mumps, Rubella and Whooping Cough.

And the world only managed to eliminate the scourge of Polio thanks to government led mass vaccination programs.

ev1• 5 years ago

I honestly don't understand what parent is complaining about because this is nothing new in virtually any country.

I have to be vaccinated to go to school, to dorm, to enter or exit countries, to travel for business, to travel for leisure, to work in multiple fields (even technology if you have to enter medical facilities), none of this is new.

It might be a bit weird for a desk job, but have you seen most office buildings? When I did a short stint at Oracle the queues for the lift every day, multiple times a day, were dozens to hundreds of people, every single one was packed during peak hours like morning or lunchtime, and I couldn't go a few months without getting sick. Windows that didn't open, recirculated air.

Factorium• 5 years ago

Those vaccines last decades or a lifetime and have been around for generations.

If you agree to vaccine mandates now to COVID, you're effectively consenting to 6 monthly booster of it, forever.

This is already the case in Israel.

MRNA and Adenovirus technology has unknown long-term side-effects, the chief 'innovation' seems to be that its cheaper to manufacture than traditional vaccines.

Markoff3• 5 years ago

you are right, but they are enforcing vaccines which last 10-20 years, not 6 months and those vaccines are against serious diseases causing issues to many infected, not just bunch of old or obese people and lastly those vaccines use technologies which are used for decades, not something first time in history approved in 2019 (viral vector) or 2020 (mRNA)

pharma lobby sure has lot of power in US politics

ecf• 5 years ago

You don’t want this to even start

Thankfully, it has already started.

patwolf• 5 years ago

I wonder if this is really more of an easy way to downsize their workforce without having to deal with severance. They did it once before with their "back to the lab" initiative, where remote employees were terminated if they didn't return to a physical office.

jmpman• 5 years ago

They probably determined that their older workers were more likely to refuse the vaccine. Another way to discriminate against a protected class.

IBM says all US employees must be vaccinated by Dec 8 or face unpaid suspension

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