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At least 1,700 medical workers in San Diego County have filed for COVID-19 vaccine mandate exemptions.
Last week, President Joe Biden announced a new series of mandates including a requirement that all health care employees get vaccinated against the virus.
However, the White House said that Americans will be allowed to request an exemption on 'narrow and specific' religious grounds.
A new survey conducted by the San Diego Union-Tribune found that thousands of workers in the county are asking that they be excluded from the mandate for religious reasons.
No major denomination opposes vaccines, but religious exemption claims are on the rise across the U.S. as more healthcare workers say they don't want to be forced to get the shot.
At least 1,700 healthcare workers in San Diego County have asked for COVID-19 vaccine mandate exemptions due to religious reasons. Pictured: Occupational Health Nurse Maureen Finnegan (left) gives Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine shot to Dr Heather Pierce, a pediatric hospitalist at Rady Children's Hospital in San Diego, December 2020
