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TexasTowelie

(111,277 posts)
Thu Oct 14, 2021, 06:37 AM Oct 2021

Mark Cuban stiffens COVID-19 stance: 'If you work for me, I require my employees to be vaccinated'

With just under two weeks until the Dallas Mavericks’ season opener, owner Mark Cuban has made his stance known on COVID-19 vaccinations. And it doesn’t appear that he will be backing down any time soon.

“It is your choice. It is absolutely, positively up to you. But there are consequences that come with that,” Cuban said during an appearance on 10 Questions with Kyle Brandt, a Spotify podcast. “If you work for me, I require my employees to be vaccinated unless there’s a doctor’s reason where they can’t be. I don’t want my kids to be at risk, so the consequences of you not being vaccinated is I’m not going to shut the [expletive] up. I’m going to be in your mother[expletive] ear driving you mother[expletive] crazy.”

Cuban’s statement on vaccinations comes the same week that Gov. Greg Abbott declared that Texas businesses cannot order their workers or customers to get the COVID-19 vaccine.

In late September, the Mavericks announced their updated health and safety protocol, which requires fans to either show proof of full COVID-19 vaccination or a negative COVID-19 test within 48 hours to attend games at American Airlines Center. It also states that fans, regardless of vaccination status, will be required to wear masks when not actively eating or drinking in assigned seats to comply with the Dallas County mask order.

Read more: https://www.dallasnews.com/sports/mavericks/2021/10/13/mark-cuban-stiffens-covid-19-stance-if-you-work-for-me-i-require-my-employees-to-be-vaccinated/

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Mark Cuban stiffens COVID-19 stance: 'If you work for me, I require my employees to be vaccinated' (Original Post) TexasTowelie Oct 2021 OP
Thank you. Cuban cares more about Texas than the GOP boot lickers. Bluethroughu Oct 2021 #1
Good for Cuban, and screw Texas Republicans dem4decades Oct 2021 #2
No one is making anyone get a shot. multigraincracker Oct 2021 #3
NOT a Fan of Cuban The Fifty Stateman Oct 2021 #4
Perhaps he should have also said, PatSeg Oct 2021 #5
Humana actions will always have consequences Roc2020 Oct 2021 #6

PatSeg

(46,773 posts)
5. Perhaps he should have also said,
Thu Oct 14, 2021, 09:23 AM
Oct 2021

"If you are stupid enough to not get vaccinated during a global pandemic, then maybe you are too stupid to work for me!"

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