Ark. woman fired for refusing COVID vaccine Grace Thomson receives the coronavirus vaccine from Paula McMahon at the Louisa Jordan Hospital as the roll out begins on December 8, 2020 in Glasgow, Scotland. (Photo by Jeff J Mitchell – Pool /Getty Images) OAN Newsroom UPDATED 10:20 AM PT – Sunday, April 25, 2021 An Arkansas mother of five was fired for not getting the COVID-19 vaccine. Samantha Wise was let go from her job at a marijuana dispensary in Conway, Arkansas after the business required all employees to be vaccinated. Wise chose not to get the vaccine. She claimed when it comes to medications, she is “that one out of every 10 or so that has a bad reaction.”