SAG-AFTRA President Fran Drescher stood her ground during a contentious national board meeting on Saturday which saw a heated, two-hour debate over Covid-19 vaccination mandates. She took heat most…
vaccination mandates. She took heat mostly, but not exclusively, from members of the Unite for Strength faction that supported her election last year.
“No one was disrespectful to Fran,” insisted another source. “They were emotionally charged, but she made remarks that were unfortunately misinformed about the science of the efficacy of vaccines, and about the FDA’s approval and how the vaccines work. Most of the passion was about ensuring that the board was accurately informed about the science. It’s also about protecting members, and how these protocols allowed members to return to work safely, and how important that is.
When she was running for president a year ago, Drescher went on record in support of the protocols, which include a narrowly-defined provision that allows employers to mandate vaccinations as a condition of employment as long as they have procedures in place “to engage in an interactive process with those requesting Americans with Disability Act or religious accommodations.”during last year’s campaign, “they are not 100% effective in preventing us from catching Covid or spreading it.
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