Previously I posted an email showing that our corporate team wants all the employees to take a confidential, anonymous, and optional survey regarding vaccination status. I voted no in all emails because I refuse to be silent.

Today, I received an email from Corporate indicating the lifting of masks in the workplace for the Experimental Gene Therapy drug users while continuing to mandate masks for the uninitiated. My questions are how would they officially know someone is ‘unvaccinated’ and how are they “updating their systems to capture vaccination data in real time”?

“Dear Colleagues,

As you may know, the CDC announced new guidance saying people fully vaccinated for COVID-19 no longer need to wear a mask or physically distance indoors, except where required by federal, state or local laws or regulations, including local business and workplace guidance. The Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA), which guides our workplace policies in the U.S., has also indicated that it will endorse the CDC’s recommendation. Fully vaccinated means it has been 14 days since your last dose.

Starting Monday, May 24, _____ associates who have been fully vaccinated can now work in our plants, vehicles, facilities, and offices that have opened without wearing a face covering (unless a face covering is required for certain job purposes) as permitted by applicable law. We are now updating our systems to capture vaccination data in real time – enabling our fully vaccinated associates to work without a mask.

Please keep the following in mind:

While the CDC and OSHA provide guidance, we will still need to follow state and local regulations for mask-wearing in our facilities, vehicles, and offices.

Partially and unvaccinated associates must continue to wear masks at this time, per the latest CDC guidance.

Social distancing guidelines will be maintained for partially and unvaccinated associates, except where state and local regulations state differently.

Some key customers have relaxed mask policies as a result of the CDC guidance. If you are fully vaccinated, you will not need to wear a mask in customer locations where these new policies are in place.

Where customers continue to request their associates wear a face covering, you should follow suit.

We trust all associates to respect our _____ behavior when determining whether you can work without a face covering. If you are not vaccinated and not wearing a mask, you will be violating our Code of Conduct and putting yourself and others at risk.

If you are able to get vaccinated, make a plan to do so if you have not already. Use the ______ Vaccine Hub to find out about vaccination, including the ____ series where leading medical experts answer your vaccination questions. Use the ____ vaccine finder to see where you can get a vaccine.

We all have a role to play in helping the country reach its vaccination targets. We continue to encourage everyone to get vaccinated and hope this latest announcement is another great reason to do so.

Thank you for all you are doing to protect each other and our company, and please continue to take care of yourselves”

Come May 24th, I will still wear a mask which will indicate that I’m ‘unvaccinated’. Hopefully, that will stir more conversation but may also be controversial but I couldn’t care less. I already have a memo prepared incase I get heat about being ‘unvaccinated’ to send out. What are your thoughts? Am I approaching this the right way? I can’t just sit idly not saying anything.