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BumRushDaShow

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18. Okay thanks for clarifying

Reply to LiberalFighter (Reply #17)

Fri Nov 26, 2021, 12:01 PM

Nov 2021

and that seems to correspond to issues with getting rural dwellers vaccinated in general and USDA certainly has many employees living and working in those rural counties.

In some cases it boils down to outright access (or lack thereof) and in other cases, it is one of those tendencies to be "independent" (out of necessity), with a preference for being "self-sufficient", so no Uncle Sam telling them what to do.

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More than 9 in 10 federal workers are vaccinated, with only a small percentage seeking exemptions [View all] BumRushDaShow Nov 2021 OP

New company I work for doesn't require, but where we go requires, so employees LizBeth Nov 2021 #1

I think many of the "refusers" BumRushDaShow Nov 2021 #2

NOPE, Missed it by a mile!!!! hydrolastic Nov 2021 #13

Perhaps at your worksite, but overall in the large metro areas, that is not always the case BumRushDaShow Nov 2021 #14

How is the new job working out for you? brer cat Nov 2021 #4

I LOVE it! Just simply love it. Making a mere 20 cents less an hour and LizBeth Nov 2021 #10

That is great news! brer cat Nov 2021 #11

Hugzzz! LizBeth Nov 2021 #12

Pretty hard to get fired from a federal job, it's a big attraction for a lot of feds captain queeg Nov 2021 #3

I had worked with a few over the years I was there BumRushDaShow Nov 2021 #5

Yeah me too. It gets to where it's not worth the effort and often they are just moved to another job captain queeg Nov 2021 #6

Every year BumRushDaShow Nov 2021 #7

We had a few sexual harassment cases captain queeg Nov 2021 #8

Still want to see WHERE in the Bible it says you shouldnt get a vax? oldsoftie Nov 2021 #9

I wonder if Agriculture Dept includes employees in the counties? LiberalFighter Nov 2021 #15

It's all feds (including the military) BumRushDaShow Nov 2021 #16

I was referencing the rate shown for the Agriculture Dept. LiberalFighter Nov 2021 #17

Okay thanks for clarifying BumRushDaShow Nov 2021 #18

Exactly. The majority of counties are in highly rural areas. LiberalFighter Nov 2021 #19

All day yesrterday, I was trying to remember what they called them (at least one group of them) BumRushDaShow Nov 2021 #20

That is another. They service more of the general population. LiberalFighter Nov 2021 #21

Okay BumRushDaShow Nov 2021 #22