Social media users celebrate Tennessee woman’s win of a settlement for refusing a COVID-19 vaccine

Last week, a Tennessee woman who had been fired from Blue Cross Blue Shield for refusing to receive a COVID-19 vaccine won a $700,000 settlement. Within a day, news of the settlement spread across multiple news outlets and social media platforms. Some social media users called the woman a “hero” and suggested that others who had been fired for refusing vaccines should also sue their employers. Others claimed that COVID-19 vaccines are “experimental” and unsafe.

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