vaccine mandate

Over the weekend, news reports filtered out that the Washington State Department of Labor and Industries had met in "secret" to create a new set of regulations. According to published reports, these new rules would allow Gov. Inslee to potentially extend his vaccine mandate to private businesses...

Eye-brow raising comments made by woman running for Richland City Council. Then, apologies posted on her campaign Facebook page.

Information from Senator Mark Schoessler (R- Ritzville) Tuesday says legislators and officials are just now learning about 'secret' new Labor and Industries rules that could potentially open the door for private business vaccine mandate.

In case anyone wondered...

Presumably this would also include volunteer coaches, assistants, even parents who 'officially' offer to assist with school activities.

WSP says a total of 127 workers, including 74 actual highway patrol troopers, are gone. The Kitsap Sun reports as many as 200 ferry workers are likely to go. And the numbers keep growing.

Should workers be terminated for refusal of the COVID vaccine?

According to the Washington State Patrol, and also reported by other sources, 8.5 Percent of the actual Troopers who work the highways have not submitted any paperwork of vaccination status, or exemptions.

Thousands of citizens, most of them workers affected by Inslee's vaccine mandate, rallied peacefully outside the captiol building.

It may be only a 'delay' but it shows the state blinked first in this game of vaccine chicken.