Tennessee woman awarded $700K after being fired for refusing vaccine

A scientist who was fired from her job because she refused to take the vaccine over religious grounds has been awarded almost $700,000 in a landmark settlement.

Tanja Benton, 52, was terminated by BlueCross BlueShield of (BSBST) in November 2022, at a time receive the vaccine to go back to work following the pandemic.

She claimed in a lawsuit that she could not 'in good conscience' get the vaccine because of her, and said that 'based upon personal research, all COVID-19 vaccines are derived from aborted fetus cell lines.'

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