Former Cumulus Memphis News/Talk 98.9 WKIM morning host Bob Boccia is suing the company for violating the Americans with Disabilities Act and Title 7 of the Civil Rights Act of 1964. The case was filed on May 1 in US District Court for the Western District of Tennessee’s Western Division. Boccia claims that Cumulus violated his employment contract by terminating him when he refused to take the COVID-19 vaccine on medical and religious grounds.
Boccia, known on air as “Sideshow Bob,” suffers from Crohn’s Disease and says he deserves a religious exemption as a “devout Catholic.” He claims that he was assured he would not have to take the vaccine as a condition of his employment, but was notified of a policy change in late 2021. He is seeking damages of at least $75,000 and attorneys’ fees.
@TheBigA It shouldn’t matter what other people do with their own body, whether a movie star, an important social influencer, a political leader, a religious leader or whomever. Your body belongs to you! Not to them. That said, I think you might be surprised at the number of people that stood behind vaccination mandates and were never personally vaccinated! We were lead to believe herd immunity would stem the tide of infection. If that were true, I can understand relinquishing personal body autonomy for the benefit of all. That turned out to be untrue in early Spring of 2020 when we began to see cases of the vaccinated catching and transmitting C19. Additionally, C19 had a recovery rate of over 99%. The elderly and those with comorbidity were essentially at risk. Just like the flu. Essentially C19 can be viewed as no more than a highly contagious flu. The vulnerable were never protected, even with a full rollout of the jabs. The HHS tracked vaccine injury on the C19 shots and their were over 500 thousand reported adverse reactions as early as January of 2021. This radio personality has every right to sue Cumulus. The outcome of the lawsuit is uncertain, That said, I think he’s got a pretty good case.
The Pope is a devout Catholic too, and he had no problem with getting the vaccine.