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<div dir="ltr" data-setdir="false">I recently received the following email requesting my vaccination status.</div><div dir="ltr" data-setdir="false"><br></div></div><blockquote style="margin: 0 0 0 40px; border: none; padding: 0px;"><div class="ydp1c125f6cyahoo-style-wrap" style="font-family:Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif;font-size:13px;"><div dir="ltr" data-setdir="false"><div><p class="ydpde1301d7yiv0048678270ydpe9fa8084yiv9303863042MsoNormal" style="color: rgb(38, 40, 42); margin: 0in 0in 8pt; line-height: 15.6933px; font-size: 11pt; font-family: sans-serif;">Dear Volunteer -</p></div></div></div><div class="ydp1c125f6cyahoo-style-wrap" style="font-family:Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif;font-size:13px;"><div dir="ltr" data-setdir="false"><div><p class="ydpde1301d7yiv0048678270ydpe9fa8084yiv9303863042MsoNormal" style="color: rgb(38, 40, 42); margin: 0in 0in 8pt; line-height: 15.6933px; font-size: 11pt; font-family: sans-serif;">The County of Santa Clara requires Friends of the Library to ask if you have been fully vaccinated against Covid-19. <b>We need to have this data available by Tuesday June 1, 2021.</b> Any business that fails to ask about and record the vaccination status of its workers is subject to enforcement and may be required to pay fines of up to $5,000 per day. We will not pass this information on to the County unless they request it. We will inform you if they do ask.</p></div></div></div><div class="ydp1c125f6cyahoo-style-wrap" style="font-family:Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif;font-size:13px;"><div dir="ltr" data-setdir="false"><div><p class="ydpde1301d7yiv0048678270ydpe9fa8084yiv9303863042MsoNormal" style="color: rgb(38, 40, 42); margin: 0in 0in 8pt; line-height: 15.6933px; font-size: 11pt; font-family: sans-serif;"><b>Please reply to this e-mail with a “yes” or “no” or “decline to state” - as soon as possible and no later than May 30<sup>th</sup>.</b></p></div></div></div><div class="ydp1c125f6cyahoo-style-wrap" style="font-family:Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif;font-size:13px;"><div dir="ltr" data-setdir="false"><div><p style="color: rgb(38, 40, 42); margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: New serif;"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: sans-serif;">The County health order can be found at <span style="color: blue; text-decoration-line: underline;"><a shape="rect" href="https://covid19.sccgov.org/order-health-officer-05-18-2021-focused-safety-measures" style="color: blue;" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://covid19.sccgov.org/order-health-officer-05-18-2021-focused-safety-measures</a></span>.</span></p></div></div></div><div class="ydp1c125f6cyahoo-style-wrap" style="font-family:Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif;font-size:13px;"><div dir="ltr" data-setdir="false"><div><p style="color: rgb(38, 40, 42); margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: New serif;"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: sans-serif;"> </span></p></div></div></div><div class="ydp1c125f6cyahoo-style-wrap" style="font-family:Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif;font-size:13px;"><div dir="ltr" data-setdir="false"><div><p style="color: rgb(38, 40, 42); margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: New serif;"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: sans-serif;">We are still required to wear a face mask indoors. Here is the link to the County’s order to collect information on vaccination status and the facemask requirement.</span> <span style="color: blue; text-decoration-line: underline;"><span style="font-family: sans-serif;"><a shape="rect" href="https://covid19.sccgov.org/public-health-order-faq" style="color: blue;" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://covid19sccgov.org/public-health-order-faq</a></span></span><span style="font-family: sans-serif;">.</span></p></div></div></div><div class="ydp1c125f6cyahoo-style-wrap" style="font-family:Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif;font-size:13px;"><div dir="ltr" data-setdir="false"><div><p style="color: rgb(38, 40, 42); margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: New serif;"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: sans-serif;"> </span></p></div></div></div><div class="ydp1c125f6cyahoo-style-wrap" style="font-family:Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif;font-size:13px;"><div dir="ltr" data-setdir="false"><div><p style="color: rgb(38, 40, 42); margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: New serif;"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: sans-serif;">Here is an additional link to facemasks. </span><span style="color: blue; text-decoration-line: underline;"><span style="font-family: sans-serif;"><a shape="rect" href="https://www.cdph.ca.gov/Programs/CID/DCDC/Pages/COVID-19/guidance-for-face-coverings.aspx" style="color: blue;" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://www.cdph.ca.gov/Programs/CID/DCDC/Pages/COVID-19/guidance-for-face-coverings.aspx</a></span></span><span style="font-family: sans-serif;">.</span></p></div></div></div><div class="ydp1c125f6cyahoo-style-wrap" style="font-family:Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif;font-size:13px;"><div dir="ltr" data-setdir="false"><div><p style="color: rgb(38, 40, 42); margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: New serif;"><span style="font-family: sans-serif;">Please let me know if you have any questions.</span></p></div></div></div><div class="ydp1c125f6cyahoo-style-wrap" style="font-family:Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif;font-size:13px;"><div dir="ltr" data-setdir="false"><div><p class="ydpde1301d7yiv0048678270ydpe9fa8084yiv9303863042MsoNormal" style="color: rgb(38, 40, 42); margin: 0in 0in 8pt; line-height: 15.6933px; font-size: 11pt; font-family: sans-serif;">Thank you.</p></div></div></div></blockquote><div class="ydp1c125f6cyahoo-style-wrap" style="font-family:Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif;font-size:13px;"><div dir="ltr" data-setdir="false"><br></div><div><br></div>
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On Tuesday, May 25, 2021, 03:53:46 PM PDT, Rick Moen <rick@linuxmafia.com> wrote:
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<div>...</div><div><br>His "It's illegal to require anyone to show a confidential medical<br>record" and "The vaccines haven't gotten full FDA approval" objections<br>was _not_ his real objection, as he admitted the next day on the LUG's<br>Jitsi Meet conference. Also, those objections were bunk, for reasons I<br>explained here. They were also classic anti-vaxxer talking points,<br>making it truly hilarious that JT threw "I'm not an anti-vaxxer or<br>anything" into the middle of those talking points.<br><br>The first talking point was particularly galling, coming from KT, <br>because it's obvious that he's attended school in California, and <br>probably had relatives who've done so as well. And anyone who's <br>attended school in this state has had to produce proof of _several_ <br>vaccinations as a condition of attending. So, KT knew, or certainly<br>should have known, that the claim was flat-out false -- but he<br>advanced it anyway. Thus _very clearly_ bad-faith discussion.<br><br>Today, looking on Snopes.com reminded me of a subsidiary objection <br>KT advanced pursuant to his objection #2: "It would be a HIPPA<br>violation."<br><br><a href="https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/businesses-vaccinated-covid19/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/businesses-vaccinated-covid19/</a><br><br> Claim: Businesses can ask customers if they have been vaccinated against<br> COVID-19 without legal repercussions.<br><br> Rating: True.<br><br><br></div>
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