It sucks to read that, my friend. Do you mind if I asked why you were fired (just curious if it was in regards to the "mandates" is all?)
I was at Shaw Shooting not too long ago (for those of you who don't know about Shaw, trust me, you need to know about Shaw). One of my instructors was a former fed. This dude was introducing himself, he informed us he had become a full-time instructor after he had gotten canned from his fed LE job for refusing the shots.
You want to talk about a group of people that get me awe-inspired? Let us discuss those who said, "Fuck you, fire me," when it came down to the mandates. As I stated in my previous post, I'm a dude who's known to not hold back, so as soon as he said that, I cut him off. I went up to where he was standing and made a significant display out of this man's courage. I told the group that a dude with the size of balls that this instructor had was what the world needed at that time. People who knew the meaning of sacrifice. These people are the real deal.
My brother (a railroader), my wife and I, we were all preparing to get canned. The railroad ended up bluffing the entire time, which was hilarious because my brother, a real-life version of Thanos, wasn't having it. The RR had (IIRC) 3 separate dates that they gave as deadlines: "get the shots or get terminated." This fucker had walked into his boss's office on 3 separate occasions and said, "They firing me today?" My wife was blessed to win a religious exemption and thankfully, my department didn't come through with a mandate.
Conversely, the group of people who grind my fucking gears the most are those who knew the shots were of no value, yet did not know meaning of sacrifice, and thus bent the knee. I started calling them the "Gadsden Gang." "I got a wife and kids..." was their battle cry. As if none of us had the same. These are the same blowhards that have Gadsden flags somewhere in their life, whether it was an actual flag at their house or a sticker-fucked truck. In reality, cowards is what they're called. So don't you boys worry, they're willing to fight tyrannical government, the Gadsden Gang got your back! LMAO!!
@pmclaine sounds like your co-worker is in the same boat as my MIL. The significance of my MIL getting the gene therapies is that my wife and I had multiple long discussions with her about not getting them, so she had more than fair warning, which brings me to my last point: the people who are saying, "I don't tell people to get them or not get them, I believe it's all about individual choice." Nope! Fuck that! "Don't get them, they don't anything of benefit for you, but will damage you." And here's my vindication, two tears later: "Assessment of Myocardial 18F-FDG Uptake at PET/CT in Asymptomatic SARS-CoV-2–vaccinated and Nonvaccinated Patients." A study fom Japan that showed almost 100% damage to the heart for those who took the shots in the sequence they were asked to do, including those who had zero symptoms of heart damage. The study is found here:
https://pubs.rsna.org/doi/10.1148/radiol.230743