Michael C (@mconti77)

🚨BREAKING: A #federal #jury awarded $12.69 million to a former #BlueCross #BlueShield #employee who said she was #fired for refusing the #COVID19 #vaccine on #religious grounds. #LisaDomski, a #Catholic woman who spent more than #threedecades with the company, argued that the #vaccines #conflicted with her beliefs due to their connection to fetal cell lines associated with abortion research. Despite working fully remotely as an IT specialist, her request for a religious exemption was denied and she was terminated in 2022. The jury found that #BlueCrossBlueShield #violated federal #religious #discrimination #laws, with attorneys criticizing the company’s vaccine mandate as a rigid “one-size-fits-all” policy. The ruling is now being viewed by opponents of vaccine mandates as a significant win for religious freedom and workplace accommodation rights.