'Don't Jab Me Act' would protect Americans who lose their job for defying vaccine mandate

Deseret News reports: “The Utah Republican proposed legislation he dubbed the “Don’t Jab Me Act” that would allow people who lose their jobs or their livelihoods because of the vaccine requirements to sue the federal government.

“The bill would make these very Americans whole after the president of the United States made working impossible for them,” Lee said on the Senate floor…

.@SenMikeLee said it “stuns” him to think that a sweeping federal mandate could be about anything other than freedom and personal choice. | By @dennisromboy #utpol https://t.co/VfZMHb9F5o

— Deseret News (@DeseretNews) September 30, 2021

Lee, who has received the COVID-19 vaccine and supports vaccination, said his bill is about allowing people to obtain redress for, among other things, the “awful Hobson’s choice” they are facing and increasingly going to face as the mandate kicks in. People shouldn’t have to choose between their jobs and personal health care decisions, he said."