'General Hospital' Loses Second Regular Over Vaccine Mandate

[RandySF]

General Hospital has parted ways with a second member of its cast over the production’s COVID vaccine mandate.

Steve Burton said in an Instagram video Tuesday that he’s no longer with the ABC daytime soap due to the mandate. The network confirmed he has departed after being unable to comply with the vaccine policy; his last day of work on the show was Oct. 27.

Burton is the second GH cast member to leave the long-running series due to its vaccine mandate in recent weeks. Ingo Rademacher‘s last episode aired Monday after he departed over the mandate (and after he was called out by castmates for sharing an anti-transgender meme on social media).

In his Instagram video, Burton says he applied for medical and religious exemptions to vaccination but was denied. He says not complying the the mandate “is about personal freedom for me; I don’t think anyone should lose their livelihood over this.”

In his Instagram video, Burton says he applied for medical and religious exemptions to vaccination but was denied. He says not complying the the mandate “is about personal freedom for me; I don’t think anyone should lose their livelihood over this.”



https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/tv/tv-news/general-hospital-steve-burton-exits-vaccine-mandate-1235052356/

[FarPoint]

1. He is thus choosing poorly....

What a fool...

[3catwoman3]

2. "I don't think anyone should lose their livelihood over this."

But he's OK with castmates or crew possibly losing their lives if they get COVID from him.

[Freddie]

3. An actor on Young and Restless was fired for not observing Covid protocols

Sorry but Hollywood means business. Especially with actors, who often have close contact with the other cast members.
Steve Burton was on Y & R some years ago and I’m sure they will not have him back, considering what happened with the other actor.

[onecaliberal]

4. No one should lose their livelihoods, but their very lives a-okay.

[In_The_Wind]

5. Burton will be sorry. Everyone needs to be vaccinated.

[skylucy]

6. What a dummy.

[Mike Nelson]

7. Yikes!

... that show is still on! Unbelievable... but, anyway, this guy is free to leave. The show has lasted longer without him!

[dem4decades]

8. Where will they ever find another shitty actor?

[whistler162]

20. I hear a guy living in Florida

is available.... he did some work in Home Alone II and some porn.... as little TV as well. He is vaccinated and has had Covid and is out of work after being fired last November.

[mercuryblues]

9. good riddance to them both

[MontanaMama]

10. Don't let the door hit you

on the way out, Steve. What a maroon.

[barbtries]

11. 795,598 deaths in the US!

WTF you lose your livelihood and hundreds of thousands have lost their lives to this virus.

it's so frustrating.

https://www.worldometers.info/coronavirus/country/us/

[peacefreak2.0]

12. Oh, for heaven's sake.

How many times has his character died? Give it a rest, Steve.

[Botany]

13. My next door is a Lutheran Pastor and he told me there is nothing in the Bible (old/new), the

.... Quran, or any Jewish texts that say you should not get vaccinated. His Doctorate of Divinity is from U.C.
Berkley and his undergrad is from Ohio State in electrical engineering and he told me that he had to read all
those books @ U.C.. He said that there are some religious sects that refuse certain things like transfusions
and or advanced medical care but those acts are not based from ANYTHING in the Bible.

"Burton says he applied for medical and religious exemptions to vaccination but was denied." Sorry Mr. Burton
but both science and the Bible do not back you up you either think you are smarter then people like Dr. Fauci
or you just want to be a pain in the ass wing nut who will keep the pandemic growing.

Looking forward to hearing about Mr. Burton getting C-19, refusing medical treatment, and then dying.

[Thomas Hurt]

14. The only two denominations/sects of Christianity that don't believe in medical care AFAIK.

The Christian Scientists and Church of the First Born have explicit church doctrine on this. Anyone else who says they have a religious exemption is probably lying.

[Botany]

15. I think Seventh-day Adventists have something about transfusions but i might be wrong but ...

... my next door neighbor/friend has told me that there is nothing in the Bible (old/new)
about not getting vaccines (medical care) however he said there lots of writings about
using the brain that God gave you, taking care of your fellow man, and taking care of the
sick and suffering.

[TexasBushwhacker]

18. Jehovah's Witnesses won't get transfusions

They can't even donate their own blood to be used during surgery. A woman who is hemorrhaging after childbirth will get a hysterectomy rather than get a transfusion.

[Shermann]

16. Too bad he didn't play a healthcare worker

They could have written his firing into the script. Hey, on your last day on the job, your character is being fired. Then you are really fired. You should have no trouble getting into character.

[GPV]

17. So even fake hospitals are suffering?

Lol

[Harker]

19. They could write them out as anti-vax casualties. n/t