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US Navy Settles COVID Vaccine Lawsuit with SEALs, Sailors

US Navy Settles COVID Vaccine Lawsuit with SEALs, Sailors Who Refused COVID-19 Jab

Above: Navy Petty Officer 2nd Class John London receives a dose of the Moderna COVID-19 vaccine at Brian D. Allgood Army Community Hospital, U.S. Army Garrison Humphreys on Dec. 29, 2020 in Pyeong. Image copyright: United States Forces Korea/Handout/Getty Images News via Getty Images

The Facts

  • The US Navy on Wednesday settled a long-running lawsuit with SEALs and sailors who refused the COVID-19 jab on religious grounds, according to lawyers representing the servicemembers.The US Navy on Wednesday settled a long-running lawsuit with SEALs and sailors who refused the COVID-19 vaccine on religious grounds.

  • In a statement from First Liberty Institute, a nonprofit that defends religious freedoms, and the law firm Hacker Stephens LLP, the Navy will expunge the record of sailors who refused the jab on religious grounds and has pledged not to discriminate against the servicemembers who did so for promotions for the next three years.As a part of the agreement, the Navy will erase the record of sailors who declined to comply with the COVID-19 mandate and protect the servicemembers' careers against discrimination on the promotion board.

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