Macon Reporter

In the wake of an Illinois state appeals court’s ruling that permits employee termination for COVID-19 vaccine refusal, State Rep. Dan Caulkins (R-Decatur) has criticized the decision as an abuse of the legislative process and decried alleged corruption within the court system, highlighting that many public figures who have been vaccinated have still contracted the virus.

The ruling, which stemmed from a case involving a nurse fired for rejecting a vaccine mandate, hinges on changes to the Illinois Healthcare Right of Conscience Act, with significant implications for workplace vaccine requirements in the state.

“Illinois Democrats are not your friend,” Caulkins said on Facebook. “This is another abuse of the legislative process and a miscarriage of justice. Our court system is corrupt and many of the judges who sit on these cases are afraid to oppose their paymaster. It has been proven that the COVID shots do not stop the spread or contraction of the virus.”

“We know this because so many public figures who have taken it (and the booster) have contracted COVID. Some multiple times. What we are learning is that there is still much to learn about the side-effects from taking it.”

Caulkins' comments come as an Illinois state appeals court has ruled that employees in the state can be terminated for refusing the COVID-19 vaccine, citing changes to the Illinois Healthcare Right of Conscience Act.

The ruling came in response to a case involving Laura Lenz, a nurse who was fired from Advocate Health and Hospitals Corporation for her refusal to comply with the company’s vaccine mandate, Cook County Record reported.

The court’s decision noted that the amendments to the Conscience Act specifically excluded mandates related to COVID-19, allowing private employers to terminate workers who refuse vaccination unless they acknowledge a religious exemption request.

The COVID-19 Freedom Act, aimed at making it unlawful to discriminate against individuals based on their refusal to receive a COVID-19 vaccine, safeguarding their medical decisions and individual liberties, has been proposed but not taken up in the General Assembly.

The legislation would prevent discrimination in public assistance and take effect immediately upon passage.

In Chicago city employees were fired for refusing to be vaccinated.

According to a report from NBC 5 Chicago, a state hearing ruled that the City of Chicago employees fired or disciplined for violating COVID-19 vaccination requirements must be reinstated and compensated for any loss of wages or benefits, citing violations of the Illinois Public Labor Relations Act.

This ruling is seen as a rebuke of the city’s vaccine mandate and requires the city to “make whole” affected workers, potentially affecting a few dozen employees, with the ruling now going to the agency’s board for review.

Other similar legal actions have been taken in states such as Washington and New York where employees were fired for refusing to be vaccinated.

Meanwhile, Maryanne Demasi, PhD has reported on contamination found in the Covid vaccines.

Demasi noted researchers have expressed concern about the discovery of DNA contamination in Pfizer’s mRNA COVID-19 vaccine, as they fear these foreign DNA fragments may insert themselves into a person’s own genome and lead to potential health risks such as cancer.

They are calling for further testing to determine if vaccinated individuals have had foreign DNA integrated into their stem cells while highlighting the need for more rigorous safety measures in vaccine production.