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Ethics Professor Gives Emotional 'Lesson' on Vaccine Mandates — Then She's Placed on Leave

Tré Goins-Phillips : Sep 14, 2021
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"...My school employs me to be an authority on the subject of ethics. I hold a Ph.D. in ethics and ancient philosophy and I'm here to tell you it's ethically wrong to coerce someone to take a vaccine...” -Dr. Julie Ponesse

airlift[Faithwire.com] Dr. Julie Ponesse, a veteran ethics professor at a university in Canada, was placed on leave after she delivered a very brief virtual lecture in which she outlined the real-life ethical dilemma she faced when her employer mandated her vaccination against COVID-19. (Image: via Faithwire)

The Huron University College educator shared the remarks with her first-year students, explaining to them the "universally accepted ethics of coercing people into medical procedures."

"My employer has just mandated that I must get a vaccine for COVID-19," Ponesse explained. "If I want to keep working at my job as a professor, I have to take this vaccine. Here's my conundrum. My school employs me to be an authority on the subject of ethics. I hold a Ph.D. in ethics and ancient philosophy and I'm here to tell you it's ethically wrong to coerce someone to take a vaccine."

"If this happens to you, you don't have to do it," the professor continued. "If you don't want a COVID vaccine, don't take one—end of discussion. It's your own business. But that's not the approach of the University of Western Ontario, which has suddenly required that I be vaccinated immediately, or not report for work. I am facing imminent dismissal after 20 years on the job"... Subscribe for free to Breaking Christian News here

Continue reading and watch Dr. Ponesse's video message here.