'Against our beliefs' | Worker sacked for getting COVID jab

In the UK, many workers are concerned about losing their jobs if they refuse to get vaccinated against Covid-19 – however in Australia, one woman has been sacked for getting a COVID vaccination.

News.com.au reports that Laine Chait, a comedian, author and alternative medicine advocate who worked as a client care consultant for the Newcastle-based Church of Ubuntu, was let go from her job in October after the Church discovered she’d been vaccinated.

The organisation, which also operates as a wellness centre and sells medicinal hemp-based products, had previously sent out a letter saying that the vaccine went against its beliefs and values. In Ms Chait’s letter of dismissal, the Church refers to the government’s vaccination stance as ‘medical apartheid’ and states that no members are allowed to receive the jab.

Ms Chait, who suffers from epilepsy, said that although she disagreed with the Australian government’s vaccination stance, she felt compelled to have the vaccine because of her condition, and to be able to travel to visit her mother.