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Internal documents: 1 in 12 IU Health employees exempt from vaccine requirement, reveals statewide variation

Brock E.W. Turner

Across Indiana, the chances of receiving an exemption depends more on one’s employer than the quality of the request.
Controlled burn contamination, COVID religious exemption | Indiana Newsdesk

Joe Hren

The aftermath of lead-tainted paint flakes and ash after a controlled burn. Using the religious exemption to avoid getting the COVID vaccine. And U.S. senator Mike Braun faces allegations of violating election laws.
Colorado woman who won’t get vaccinated denied transplant

Associated Press

When a Colorado woman found out her hospital wouldn’t approve her kidney transplant surgery until she got the COVID-19 vaccine, she was left with a difficult decision pitting her health needs against her religious beliefs.