Workplace Bias Claims Over Covid Nasal Swabs Fail Religious Test

A nurse who was fired by Lehigh Valley Health Network after being exempted from its mandatory Covid-19 vaccine rule but denied a religious accommodation to take saliva tests instead of biweekly nasal swabs had her lawsuit dismissed.

Nicole Blackwell didn’t describe how her objection to nasal swab testing was religious in nature, the US District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania said. According to Blackwell, she’s a member of the United Church of Christ. But her lawsuit didn’t elaborate “on the source or nature of her purported religious beliefs,” and an email she sent to LVHN “challenges the factual ...