Teacher says COVID vaccine is ‘gene therapy’ in nine-minute speech to students

Teacher Karly Olson posted a controversial clip on YouTube, where she denounced the mandate that requires all city workers to be vaccinated against the coronavirus.

The video appears to have since been removed from the video-sharing site, although clips are reflected on Fox 32 Chicago.

Olson said in the footage: “I think this is unconstitutional. I will never, ever, ever inject my body with anything experimental. It cannot be considered a real vaccine. It is therapy. gene. “

The vaccine policy for her home state, Illinois, goes into effect Oct. 15. It requires that all state employees and volunteers be fully immunized by this date.

Federal workers who refuse to be vaccinated will first be offered counseling. They will then lose their jobs if they continue to refuse to comply.

Olson, who News week couldn’t reach, said in a later clip: “I’m willing to lose my job for this because I know it’s unconstitutional and I know justice will be served and I don’t think many of these people above I understand that they are committing a crime. “

This contradicts the position of the Illinois Department of Public Health, which states on its site: “A safe and effective COVID-19 vaccine is a critical part of the US strategy to reduce illness, hospitalizations and related deaths. to COVID-19. “

Several other videos of the art teacher remain on her YouTube account, including clips giving her students advice on topics ranging from ceramics to computer art.

In a video posted at the start of the pandemic in March 2020, she presents a tutorial saying, “Life has been so crazy, there has been so much to think about. It has been an emotional roller coaster.”

The Indian Prairie School District, responsible for the facility where Olsen teaches, informed Fox that they were aware of the footage.

Although he has not yet responded to Newsweek Asking for comment, he told local media he couldn’t comment further due to employee privacy laws.

Devjani Mishra, head of Littler’s COVID-19 practice group, believes there is strong legal support for public and private employers to demand vaccination against COVID-19.

She said News week: “Employers traditionally have a lot of leeway to assess safety risks and set rules in the workplace, and are receiving increasing support from government agencies that impose vaccine requirements.

“If an employer makes reasonable exceptions for those who cannot be medically vaccinated or raises sincere religious objections, this program is likely to stand up to legal challenges.

“An individual can refuse the COVID-19 vaccine for other reasons, but an employer is also free to conclude that unvaccinated individuals pose too great a risk to other employees and to separate from those who are not vaccinated. “

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) reports that 62.4% of Illinois have now been fully vaccinated, which is slightly higher than the US average.

But despite the deadline of just two weeks, there remains significant resistance to the new rules across the country.

On September 30, a group of New York City public school teachers asked the United States Supreme Court to block the city’s vaccination mandate.

And just days before, dozens of state soldiers reportedly quit before the coronavirus vaccine mandate came into effect.

And the backlash coincides with the CDC admitting its disappointment at the “extraordinarily low” number of pregnant women getting vaccinated, despite new data showing no increased risk of miscarriage.