{"id":912,"date":"2021-12-10T19:42:51","date_gmt":"2021-12-10T19:42:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/christinahunter.com\/?p=912"},"modified":"2022-01-03T18:53:37","modified_gmt":"2022-01-03T23:53:37","slug":"mercy-health-employee-responds-to-vaccine-mandate","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/christinahunter.com\/medical-freedom\/mercy-health-employee-responds-to-vaccine-mandate\/","title":{"rendered":"Mercy Health employee responds to vaccine mandate"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"912\" class=\"elementor elementor-912\" data-elementor-post-type=\"post\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-fafb746 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"fafb746\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div 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elementor-size-default\">Mercy Health employee responds to vaccine mandate<\/h2>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-6466d3f\" data-id=\"6466d3f\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-2bb424d elementor-widget elementor-widget-video\" data-id=\"2bb424d\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-settings=\"{&quot;video_type&quot;:&quot;hosted&quot;,&quot;autoplay&quot;:&quot;yes&quot;,&quot;play_on_mobile&quot;:&quot;yes&quot;,&quot;controls&quot;:&quot;yes&quot;}\" data-widget_type=\"video.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-hosted-video elementor-wrapper elementor-open-inline\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<video class=\"elementor-video\" 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class=\"elementor-share-btn__title\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tEmail\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-80448d5 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"80448d5\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Christina Hunter has been a nurse for 17 years and spent most of her time in the Mercy Health system.<\/p><p>She was a front line worker through the pandemic as well.<\/p><p>With the latest announcement from Mercy Health about the vaccine mandate, she says it goes against what she religiously believes in.<\/p><p>\u201cI did file for religious exemption and what I think is important is that filing for religious exemption just means that you are exercising your right that you already have through the Constitution,\u201d Hunter said.<\/p><p>Hunter said she just wants to be an advocate for medical freedom. Because of that, she wants to help others who share similar beliefs as she does.<\/p><p>She said Mercy Health wants proof that you belong to a religious group, a written statement\u00a0as to why you are against the vaccine, and an\u00a0affidavit.<\/p><p>\u201cDifferent facilities, employers are asking specific questions and they sometimes can be very hard to answer, so my dad being a pastor, is kind of helping people, walking them through that, giving them advice,\u201d Hunter said.<\/p><p>As of right now her\u00a0religious\u00a0exemption has not been approved.<\/p><p>Hunter said going forward, if she does not get approved she will more than likely be terminated or moved to a different area that does not involve patient care. But she said that isn\u2019t going to stop her from doing what she believes in and it actually makes her feel empowered.<\/p><p>\u201cGod has made me capable of doing many things and I feel like if Mercy Health wants to terminate a nurse who has 17 years of experience, then they should be the ones to feel bad about that,\u201d Hunter said.<\/p><p>Mercy Health sent out a statement: \u201cMercy Health is proceeding with plans to meet the Federal Centers for Medicare and Medicaid (CMS) requirement for health care workers to be fully vaccinated by Jan. 4. 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