Originally Posted by Rock

No. Because that’s just as nonsensical as mandating that people with equal or superior immunity from recovering from COVID get a shot that does nothing for them.

The simple reality is that COVID is here forever and everyone is most likely going to get it. Since it has become obvious that the vaccine does not provide immunity, even vaccinated people will probably still get actual COVID at some point. Whether you are vaccinated or not, if you are infected with COVID, you are infected with COVID. If you are infected with COVID, you can spread COVID. Mandating everyone get a vaccine that can’t keep up with the pace of an evolving virus doesn’t change that. Remember when very highly vaccinated countries like Israel, Iceland and even the UK assumed they had “beaten” the virus because of their high vaccine rates? Turns out that was very wishful thinking. They are now trying to get everyone to take a third shot. Keep in mind, nobody was getting vaccines until about 6 months ago. And we’re already saying boosters are required?!? Some people argue we don’t know how long natural immunity lasts. Well we do know how long the vaccine immunity lasts, and it’s about 6 months. Meanwhile, that Israeli study of 800,000 people shows natural immunity protects better and longer. Hopefully they can someday develop a COVID vaccine that works as well as the human immune system. We aren’t there yet.

It is a simple and unarguable matter of fact that a vast majority of people who get COVID have either a mild or asymptomatic case. We’ve been dealing with it long enough to know who is more inclined to have a serious case. As far as I know, FedEx has only lost one crew member to COVID and that was early on. If I were fat, older than 60, or had one of the known comorbidities that increased my chances of having problems with COVID…AND…I hadn’t already had COVID, I would definitely get the shot. But I’m not fat, I’m not older than 60 and I have already had COVID. Explain to me why I should be required to get a vaccine when I already have natural immunity?

I was getting tested at the AOC when one of our pilots popped positive. They said “I can’t be positive. I’ve been vaccinated.” The nurses chuckled and tested the pilot again. They also asked if they had any symptoms. “Actually, yes. I started to have severe chest pain yesterday. I was directly exposed to someone else who tested positive four days ago. I thought I might have it but I didn’t think I could. But I figured I’d test anyway.” You say the vaccine is working? That was a vaccinated pilot with real symptoms. As they waited for their second test, they called the duty officer and listed all the other pilots they had flown with in the last four days. All of them were pulled off the schedule too. That same thing is happening 3-4 times a day in just the AOC according to the people who do the tests there. And almost all are vaccinated. At this point, what will FedEx accomplish by mandating all pilots get the vaccine?