"Virginia county tax official threatens to fire employees who refuse coronavirus vaccinations"

"A tax enforcer from Chesterfield County, Virginia has threatened to fire county government employees who refuse to receive a Wuhan coronavirus (COVID-19) vaccine.

Chesterfield County Commissioner of Revenue Jenefer Hughes has already issued notices of 'corrective action' to unvaccinated employees. In her letter, dated June 7, she wrote:

'You have been placed on corrective action for your failure to get one of the three [Food and Drug Administration] approved COVID-19 vaccines, which are now freely available at the County’s Employee Medical Center, the [Virginia State University] vaccine center, various pharmacies and doctors’ offices. You have also not submitted an application for accommodation under the Americans [with] Disabilities Act, nor for other medical or religious accommodation.'

In the same letter, Hughes explained that she has made getting vaccinated against COVID-19 a requirement for continued 'service in my office.'

'Part of our service is to keep our taxpayers and ourselves safe and healthy,' she wrote. She then continued the letter by lecturing the recipient about the level of 'trust' that is instilled in local government officials and employees. Local government workers supposedly need to become models for county residents by getting vaccinated.

Hughes lectured her unvaccinated employees in the letter by telling them that the Chesterfield County Revenue Office is entrusted with the responsibility of 'interpreting and applying' state and local tax codes 'fairly and equitably.' County residents will supposedly only trust revenue office workers to base their decisions on 'facts and evidence' if they get vaccinated."