BC Health-Care Workers Challenge Province’s Vaccine Mandate in Court

Published on November 22, 2023

A lawsuit filed against B.C. Provincial Health Officer Bonnie Henry is underway as a group of health-care workers who lost their jobs for not receiving COVID-19 shots aim to have the province’s vaccine mandate removed. The hearing centres around a lawsuit filed by non-profit group the Canadian Society for the Advancement of Science in Public, on behalf of nurses and doctors who did not get vaccinated and were fired for it. The case started in B.C.’s Supreme Court on Nov. 20 and is expected to run for 10 days. According to court documents, the health-care professionals argue COVID-19 no longer presents “an immediate or significant threat to public health.” Moreover, they argue that the order was “ineffective” and “unreasonable” on grounds that unvaccinated professionals did not pose a greater risk of passing the virus on to patients because of the preventative measures already in place....

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