General Motors will require its U.S. salaried workforce to disclose their vaccination status to help it enact the appropriate safety protocols at its offices.
Dr. Jeffrey Hess, GM’s corporate medical director, confirmed it would be asking salaried employees to disclose their vaccination status in a statement sent to The Wall Street Journal this week. The automaker does not currently require employees to be vaccinated against COVID-19.
Hess said having employees disclose their vaccination status will help GM determine the immunity of its workforce and thus implement appropriate safety protocols.
The UAW does not require its members to be vaccinated, although employees are required to wear PPE at work. Former UAW President Rory Gamble, who retired on June 30th of this year, said previously he would encourage UAW members to get the vaccine, but would not make it mandatory.
“UAW members are American,” Gamble said in December. “In America, you get people with different religious beliefs; you have people who are just of the opinion that they don’t take any vaccines at all. We think that should be respected. We’re very willing to sit down and work out with the companies going forward how we manage those issues.”
GM CEO Mary Barra said the automaker was still assessing whether or not to mandate vaccinations for its salaried employees in an appearance on CNBC’s pre-market morning news program Squawk Box in early August.
“Right now, we’re evaluating it and we’re in deep conversations with our stakeholders to look at what’s the right thing to do from a General Motors perspective,” Barra said.
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They haven’t mandated vaccines YET, but they’re violating HIPAA by requiring employees to disclose their covid-19 vaccination status. Next will come flu shot disclosure, and any other vaccine status they deem . What next … speeding tickets, DUI arrest, etc., etc. until they feel they have complete control over employees. The former UAW President had the right idea, to let the PEOPLE decide whether or not they choose to get “the vaccine” as we all should have the choice of. It’s just a step towards government fear mongering and control by recommending certain actions by businesses, then “punishing” those who are not willing to comply in full, by withholding incentives.
That’s right, it’s all part of the globalist #unagenda2030, wake up.
There is no U.N. What you have is 204 independent nations constantly bickering
HIPAA only applies to covered entities. Businesses and employers are NOT violating HIPAA by asking you to disclose your vaccination status, If your employer calls your doctor, and asks them to provide your vaccination status, your doctor would be in violation of HIPAA if they provided that information to your employer. There is simply no HIPAA violation at all when a non-covered entity asks you directly for that information. You can decide to provide the answer, but have to understand the repercussions if you choose to deny to provide it.
Also, most employers are already running background checks and credit checks on prospective employees and making employment offer decisions based on that. That is nothing new.
Where do you get this nonsense? You have to provide your shot records to any public school your kids go to.
Exactly people should be forced to get every vaccine every year. Not just Covid people need to be forced to get the flu vaccine and any other that is available every year
They are NOT violating HIPAA. That only applies to health care providers sharing your info. It has nothing to do with you being asked to supply it.
Totally a violation of HIPPA. Unfortunate they have chosen to go down this path.
As the UAW president said, this is America, and these are Americans.
Vaccination is an individual choice.
When GM mandates this for hourly, the UAW will go along with this, then what?
“Totally a violation of HIPPA”
Actually, HIPAA is not at all a consideration here.
People have been screaming “but HIPAA!!!!” about businesses and employers asking about vaccination status. HIPAA only applies to covered entities, and basically only your healthcare provider, health plan, and medical claims/records processors are covered under HIPAA.
You are wrong. Have you ever went to or had a child go to a public school? You have to provide shot records to even be admitted.
Exactly and ALL the anti Vaxxers that have been CRYING for over a decade haven’t changed anything. It’s like free speech , you cannot yell “Fire” in a crowded theater and cause a panic resulting in death as it affects the General Public.
You would be held liable no matter how much you cried you have a right to free speech. If it affects others negatively your “fictional” rights do not apply.
This is lost on conspiracy theory MORONS.
If Covid is a hoax, then why are these idiots crying about something they don’t believe exists in the first place. It just shows how absolutely STUPID these LOSERS are.
Please answer the question who besides yourself again called it a hoax? The only person in this entire thread who called it a hoax is you and you did twice. Please point the person out thanks.
Dude you should realize by now Antarez the coward won’t answer you because he is the only person that called it a hoax.
Get out off your mom’s closet Kylie girl and get educated you @$$ clown. Hopefully you get Covid then get back to us and explain that it’s really the Flu, LOL !!!
As I and others have stated in this thread this is not a HIPPA violation.
Bro you are replying to things discussed the previous day. Then you try to seem important by saying I and others have stated this already lol.
I would certainly want to know for my own protection if the jerk sitting beside was not vaccinated !
You do realize the vaccine does not stop you from getting Covid or spreading it right? You also understand it does not guarantee you won’t die.
You also realize that it will help you survive if you do get it.
It’s amazing that MORONS without a Medical and/or Science degrees or background are now experts at this.
Their stupidity is never ending.
How many times do we have to see unvaxxed IDIOTS in the hospital with a serious case of Covid crying that they should have took the vax when it was too late?
BTW it IS constitutional that a vax can be mandated.
This was decided by The Supreme Court in the early 1900’s so there you have it you unhinged conspiracy theory loonies!
Who is an expert? This is what the cdc has said not my words this comes from them. The only stupidity I see is a guy who wrote a whole page as a response.
It’s none of your business what the next man does if someone dies from Covid what does that have to do with you? That’s right absolutely nothing. Mind your own business worry about yourself and cower in your basement
So you think that the unvaxxed that have to stay in the hospital for weeks or months does not effect your health care insurance premium?
Everything effects the premium not just covid every single person who doesn’t have insurance that needs anything medical effects it. Again it’s none of your business worry about yourself. What the next man does has absolutely nothing to do with you so stay in your own lane.
Then I guess you have no problem with someone with AIDS having unprotected sex with unknowing partners? After all, “Its none of our business”.
You had to change the subject but yet it’s still none of your business. Worry about yourself. What the next man does has nothing to do with you. And the fact you tried to compare aids to Covid shows me you are a fool. So again kind your own business
I’m sorry but you sound like a fool. You are “trying” to compare aids to someone getting a Covid shot. First off they are nothing alike. There is a reason you need to tell someone about aids, second the vaccine does not stop you from getting or spreading Covid and at the end of the day it doesn’t even guarantee you won’t die. So don’t say stupid things you know absolutely nothing about. If you wanna be in everyone’s business move to a neighborhood where it’s a hoa. P.S. I’m vaccinated by the way and I don’t feel it’s any of my business what the next person does.
Hello good sir I just want to let you know I took a screenshot of your comment and it is being shared on Reddit right now you can view it at carscirclejerk on Reddit. Thank you for that laugh comparing aids and Covid we are a pretty big community on there of almost 29k people. You were awarded the douche of the day award congratulations and thanks for the idiotic response please keep them coming I enjoy posting stuff like this on there.
Go cower in your closet you uneducated Moron. Listen to more uneducated imbeciles like yourself with unhinged conspiracy theories. Hopefully you get a severe case of Covid and MAYBE survive then get back to us on your hoax theories LOL.
How stooopid you must be to believe that people are dying from a “Fake” pandemic?
Who said it was fake besides yourself? Please point that person out I looked in the comments who said it was fake besides you? Don’t make some stupid remake just put out the person who said it was fake thanks.
Lol go cower in your basement you tool. My body my choice it’s men like you who think you control everything god I hope you are not married if you are I feel extremely sorry for your wife.
I fell sorry for your husband, does he spoon feed you like a proper imbecile?
Who said it was a hoax why can you not answer that? Please answer the question who in this thread besides yourself called it a hoax point the person out stop deflecting
Do you beat your wife when she doesn’t do what you want? I hope she knows that domestic abuse shelters are out there.
No one cares about your disgusting obese body OR your pea brain, the only thing that needs sheltering is your deficient reasoning and lack of intellect!
Can you please point out who said it was a hoax
You mean like Jill Biden spoon feeds Joe?
Lol damn you are dick riding Peter g how many months pregnant are you now? Do you need me to call Maury for you for your paternity test?
Your body your choice but you don’t have the right to infect me. Your right ends at your nose not in my face!
Another typical response from another male. Go control your wife you sound like you have major issues.
in reply to “I demand you get the vaccine do as I say” on August 27, 2021 at 10:43 am:
Think about the term “Infectious disease”.
This is a disease which you pass along to others when you yourself got infected. And it is spread quite easily because the virus is transmitted by the air you breathe, on intake and out.
Infectious diseases are being fought by immunization of living beings by vaccinating them.
COVID-19 is such an infectious disease, highly contagious and lethal in many cases. There is no specific cure against it, we can stop its spread only by vaccinating als many people as possible.
What you do with your Covid infection does affect not only you, but everybody you come in contact with: your family, your work mates, the casual contact you meet on the street, in the supermarket, on the parking lot, at a sports event or other public gathering.
The virus does not reproduce itself, it is not a living being by itself, it needs a host to incite the cells of your body tissue to produce replicas of the virus, which you then toss out with your breathing. Hence the importance of face masks, slowing the air flow from breathing.
It is your responsability to do your part in stopping the spread of this infection by getting yourself vaccinated. Period.
Lol go write me another 2 page response I can see your tears from here. Again the vaccine does not stop you from getting it or spreading it. You also have no idea if I am vaccinated or not again people should not be forced it needs to be a choice. Stop with your lies to you claim it’s lethal in most cases I will not respond to you again since you are a liar
I wrote that Covid-19 is lethal in MANY cases, not that it would be lethal in MOST cases. You should be able to distinquish between the two.
The problem with the SARS-CoV-2 is that it is easily transmissible and highly contagious.
Compare that to Rabies, which is transmitted by an infected animal biting you, which is far less probable, but once infected, and not treated immediately, the illness cannot be cured and death is certain and very painful. That’s why all world has taken great pain to stop this disease from spreading.
So, while Covid-19 is less lethal than Rabies, it spreads easier and more widely, and produces more deaths per year than Rabies. Vaccination stops that.
Please read before writing, and do not distort what others have written.
Did you really feel the need to write a 10 page response to a person you do not know? It’s a Friday night get a life dude geez
It is Saturday morning here. I had a good sleep, a good breakfast and did walk my dog. So I had the time to explain a few basic things most posters here ignore or even deny.
BTW, Please check again your ability to count, especially pages.
Go get a girlfriend then. You took the time to write that much crap to a stranger on the internet? Good grief what a loser.
You would have polio now if your parents would of fought that vaccine. Wake up and stop being an idoit!
Thanks for replying to conversations that took place yesterday because you need to feel important . I took a screenshot of your comment and it’s being shared in carscirclejerk it’s to early to tell right now but you are in the running for douche of the day award I will let you know this evening if you win. Thanks as always for your contribution to our content without people like you there would be no us.
The result of the clinical tests of the mRNA vaccines said that 95% of those vaccinated would be protected against an infection, 5% rather not. Nothing is perfect.
But be sure: vaccinating serves to stop the epidemic process.
That means: vaccination serves not only to protect the vaccinated individuals, but also or even more so, the whole humsn society.
Antarez
I would buy a can of Lysol and spray it at him/her every time they breath in your direction
How about you just inject yourself with disinfectant that way both of you hopefully die
I take my alcohol based disinfectant orally. Usually Whiskey or Tequila.
Go inject bleach that should help you.
Go “F” yourself Troll
You could also inject rat poison that would help you to. A dirty person like yourself needs all the disinfectant he can get. Next time write the actual word instead of being such a coward you write go f yourself lol
Spoken like someone whose family tree hasn’t branched in generations. You should go to Family Planning. See if you could become the next poster boy for birth control.
Go “f” yourself 🤣 I’m surprised the coward actually spelled each word this time. Please go inject bleach do us all that favor please. Hope you get Covid then inject bleach
When they mandate this imbeciles like you will be unemployed, ENJOY you ignorant Troll !!!
O.d.a.y.a.t
You got less material than a Brazilian swim suit. I guess you don’t want to overwork that one brain cell.
BTW I’m fully vaccinated. I have a strong healthy immune system, and I wear a mask when I’m out in public. Chances that I die from Covid are slim to none.
Let’s hope you fall in that slim to none category then.
I see your having trouble with the English language, so let me explain it to you this way.
I’ll be alive and voting in the next election.
Many unvaccinated Republicans won’t be alive in 2022.
I’m not having trouble with nothing I just hope you fall in the small category or people that still die even though you are vaccinated. If not that then hopefully you get hit head on in a car wreck that would also be good. We might get lucky and you drink yourself to death all 3 of these are great options for you.
Why don’t you do us both a favor and just kill yourself LOSER, You won’t be missed and the collective IQ will go up a few points!
You and Peter must be having a baby you are riding his nuts hard. You have claimed something hours ago that you won’t answer you just keep deflecting that one. When will you tell us who called it a hoax?
Keep your deranged LGBTQ fantasies to yourself and get out of your mom’s closet. No wonder you have no grasp on science and medicine. Cruising Grinder and ghey porn has warped your mind!
Antarez so I take it you just refuse to answer the question of who called it a hoax? You answer all these other people but yet you have no response for this?
Dr. Hess? Any relation to Rudolf?
You have to be vaccinated at least twice as Covid-19 is very dangerous. Especially the Delta variant! Remember that too many people have died so delaying a vaccination is nonsense for the affected person. Privacy is important, but when asked about a contagious disease, it makes sense! I support these questions!
Anyone who still hesitates does not act in the sense of social acceptance that one does not harm people, animals or plants.
If we are all vaccinated against Covid-19, Covid-19 can be defeated safely like any infection before.
Always look forward and protect others from danger!
Not all vaccines require two shots, e.g. the one developed by Janssen Pharma, the Belgian subsidiary of Johnson & Johnson, requires only one shot. Others, like Cuban vaccines are administered with 3 shots, the third one being a “booster”.
The vaccines are constructed in different ways, and might require several shots to achieve the full amount of anti-bodies and memory cells.
This is not related to Covid-19 being especially dangerous.
No one cares about your disgusting obese body OR your pea brain, the only thing that needs sheltering is your deficient reasoning and lack of intellect!
Stop deflecting answer the question who called it a hoax you respond to everyone but this tell me please who said that in this thread besides you?
This is bullshit gm. At least at my place of employment they are paying us to get vaccinated.
If you are a GM salaried employee these are covered under your insurance.
Go ahead push the rat in a corner you may shove him around a few times but then he’ll bite the hand that feeds him. You can only push so much till he finds a new feeder.. stop pushing gm ford will be hiring soon when the Covid vax kills all the designers and engineers. Plenty of jobs that u wont get people for