Zachary Kowing is a 29 year old state trooper from Bend, Oregon. Kowing posted a video opposing vaccine mandates on Instagram and was placed on paid leave after the video went viral.
Zachary Kowing Anti-Vaccine Video Details
Kowing Placed On Leave After Anti-Vaccine Video. “An Oregon State Police trooper in Bend has been placed on paid administrative leave for posting a video on Instagram in which he says he will refuse to comply with Gov. Kate Brown’s vaccine mandate and decries “unlawful orders” that threaten Oregonians’ livelihoods, his attorney said Thursday night.” [KTVZ]
Kowing Has Worked For State Police For 8 Years. “Zachary Kowing, 29, has worked for the Oregon State Police for eight years and is assigned to the agency’s Bend office. He posted the video six days ago to an Instagram account with the handle “Blue Line Patriot.”” [Oregon Live]
Kowing Said He Would Defy Mandate In Video. “I swore an oath to uphold the Constitution of the United States, to protect the freedom of the people who pay my salary. I do not work for my governor but for them. I have personal and religious reasons as to why I will not take the vaccine, as well as the freedom to choose not to. I’ll likely get fired over this video, but I’m nonetheless exercising my First Amendment rights to speak freely.” [Zachary Kowing]
CDC: Vaccines Are Effective Protection Against COVID-19. “COVID-19 vaccines are effective at helping protect against severe disease and death from variants of the virus that causes COVID-19 currently circulating, including the Delta variant.” [CDC]
Video: Zachary Kowing’s anti-vaccine video:
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