I've learned compassion throughout this exercise, maybe in a bigger way than I ever have," Troup adds. Which told me that it really wasn't about fetal cells at all. "The response was this diatribe about how evil the vaccine was, how much harm it causes, how data and reports are being covered up. do you think were not developed with fetal cells or tested on fetal cells?' " Troup recalls. "I very gently and politely asked, 'Well, you know, tell me: What medicines on that list. He says that one applicant "told me, 'Matt, if I sign this, you're asking me to lie.' " Mostly, though, he finds that what's being described as a sincerely held religious objection is actually a sincerely held fear of the vaccines. Some have sighed and eventually rolled up their sleeves others have drawn a distinction between fetal cell lines being used in development of a medication versus being used in testing. Troup has had conversations with people seeking the exemption. A few applicants signed the form, no questions asked. He hoped that would force the exemption-seekers to confront just how selectively they'd applied their argument. Among the 28 medications on the list: Tylenol. So Troup and his team devised a strategy: Those employees would have to sign an agreement not to take any other medical treatments developed using fetal cell lines. People such as Troup have wound up with the unenviable job of stopping them - which can be awkward and logistically nightmarish, and it can get confrontational fast.Īlmost all of Troup's applicants for religious exemptions objected to taking a vaccine developed using fetal cell lines (whose origins can be traced back to cells from electively aborted fetuses several decades ago). The clashes are inevitable: When faced with the choice between getting vaccinated and giving up their jobs or enrollments, many Americans have sought loopholes or ways to claim exemptions they don't in good faith qualify for. Meanwhile, just over 1 in 10 Americans "definitely" does not plan to get vaccinated, according to a Kaiser Family Foundation poll conducted in September. Now that the FDA has fully approved the Pfizer coronavirus shot, vaccination has swiftly become a requirement for companies, universities and even the military. "I've been compared to Hitler, been called a moron." "It has been ugly, ugly, ugly," Troup says. Subscribe to The Post Most newsletter for the most important and interesting stories from The Washington Post. But Troup also got 45 requests for religious exemptions and had to disentangle the genuine conscientious objectors from those looking for a proverbial fig leaf. The vast majority of the Conway, Ark., hospital group's 1,800 employees were voluntarily vaccinated earlier this year. But ever since Conway Regional Health System instituted a coronavirus vaccination mandate for its employees, he's been devoting a chunk of his workday to something new: figuring out who the holdouts are and enduring torrents of backlash. Normally, Matt Troup's job as chief executive and president of a hospital group is to make sure all his care centers are functioning optimally, day to day and year to year.
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