How COVID Vaccine Coercion Drove Me Out
Of West Point
The Federalist,
by
Hannah MacDonald
Original Article
Posted By: PeterWolosin,
11/4/2021 9:35:51 AM
In the spring of 2021 during my first year at the U.S. Military Academy, I was told that my decision to reject getting the “optional” COVID-19 vaccine would not negatively affect my time as a cadet at West Point.
That quickly changed. My Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act medical privacy rights were violated when my vaccination status was released to members of the freshman class and upperclassmen who were planning our summer details, to which an officer stated, “HIPAA isn’t the be-all, end-all.”
Reply 1 - Posted by:
Jesuslover54 11/4/2021 10:08:34 AM (No. 966941)
Ms. MacDonald, stick with your principles and the Good will seek you out.
Proud of you.
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Reply 2 - Posted by:
downnout 11/4/2021 10:10:57 AM (No. 966943)
This is the most eloquent argument against the vaccine mandate I have read. I hope Ms. McDonald finds another avenue to serve our country….she is the future.
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Reply 3 - Posted by:
LanceLink1 11/4/2021 10:11:53 AM (No. 966945)
What OP said.....
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Reply 4 - Posted by:
RuckusTom 11/4/2021 10:19:51 AM (No. 966956)
Covid's kind of thrown HIPAA out the window, hasn't it? If an employer can ask an employee or applicant if they've had "the shot" and make it public (see some of the pro athletes getting drilled by the press for their shot status), and if they can discriminate based on shot status, what's to keep them from doing the same regarding STDs or abortion or sexual orientation or religion or race? You know? All those things HR departments put in as a disclaimer that they don't discriminate against.
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felixcat 11/4/2021 10:22:21 AM (No. 966961)
So disappointing in Maria Bartiromo of late with her fawning interviews of Moderna execs and a former CDC official about these “vaccines.” Little to no questions on side effects, that the vaccines for mist Americans and especially children are unnecessary and if so safe, why is Moderna, etc enjoying liability protection?
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Reply 6 - Posted by:
FLCracker 11/4/2021 10:29:30 AM (No. 966965)
FYI: I happened to reading a 1938 army publication that was quoting a personnel regulation of the time. (I can get the citation if anyone wants it.) The article was reminding soldiers that the Army had the right to force them to undergo medical procedures, if the procedures were for "the good of the service."
Just so you know this isn't a new argument. Ask G. Washington about smallpox vaccinations and any soldier anytime who had a tooth pulled before being sent into a combat zone. (The Army don't do caps, crowns and is not too big on fillings - personal experience.)
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Reply 7 - Posted by:
FLCracker 11/4/2021 10:30:29 AM (No. 966967)
When you join the Army, you give up some of your rights. Read the small print.
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Reply 8 - Posted by:
coldborezero 11/4/2021 11:40:45 AM (No. 967053)
Re#7: Some; not all. While in the Marine Corps, I was told that I was required to "follow all lawful orders". The operative word in that statement is "LAWFUL".
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Reply 9 - Posted by:
rusino 11/4/2021 12:02:06 PM (No. 967093)
Hannah McDonald....the Army needs more like her. Her article in The Federalist was excellent. That publication or other conservative outlets would be enhanced if she chooses to pursue a career in writing or as a commentator!
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Reply 10 - Posted by:
rusino 11/4/2021 12:10:52 PM (No. 967101)
#6 You are correct! My son served 6 years in The Navy...he was ordered to have an ‘inoculation’ because of the Anthrax scare. He had no choice if he was going to remain in The Navy. He is 56 now and suffers painful joints as a result.
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Reply 11 - Posted by:
Maggie2u 11/4/2021 12:53:18 PM (No. 967162)
Ms. MacDonald is one of three female cadets that have left the Academy because they refused to get the jab.
I call them the Rosa Parks Brigade. Before this 'war' is over there will be many more members I think.
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Reply 12 - Posted by:
DVC 11/4/2021 12:58:23 PM (No. 967169)
One niece, who had already had the Wuhan virus and recovered, was forced by the USAF to get the "vaccine". One nephew separated from the USMC when his enlistment was up, and this mandate was a factor, among other problems he saw in the Corps. One other nephew is will take the shot, remain in the USMC, he is at least a year from his enlistment being up. The husband of another niece is a USMC officer, and was forced to take the shot. So far, has remained healthy.
HIDEOUS mistreatment of people by the military, under orders of their poopydrawers totalitarian nutcase of a CIC.
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Reply 13 - Posted by:
PrayerWarrior 11/4/2021 1:12:02 PM (No. 967187)
Why would the military disregard the side effects of the Covid vaccine with the problem of young males especially that get heart (muscle lining) inflammation and/or blood clots? Why? It can't be health concerns because CDC lists these side effects. Why? We can only speculate that it's CONTROL. Why control? Probably for future control. It's the first step of controlling Americans by the ruling class. Isn't it strange that the Supreme Court doesn't have a Covid Mandate, nor does Congress, or the Post Office or many other unions run by the Left. Why? Even out in CA the prison guards don't have a mandate, probably because they give Gavin Grusome $1.7 million dollars to his campaign. Follow the money and you will find the control.
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Reply 14 - Posted by:
kono 11/4/2021 5:50:16 PM (No. 967391)
"HIPAA isn't the be-all, end-all."
Whoever said we are a nation of laws? Close, but not quite... we are actually a nation of in-laws.
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One of our best and brightest discarded by Biden's tyranny. And for what? So that Democrats can try and control more of our lives. It's a disgrace.