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\nActivision Blizzard employees have taken part in a planned strike in protest at the company’s recent decision to drop its requirement that in-office staff are vaccinated.\n<\/p>\n

\nLast week, the embattled World of Warcraft and Call of Duty maker announced it would no longer require office-based staff to have had Covid jabs, while encouraging a gradual return to in-person working over the coming months<\/a>.\n<\/p>\n

\nThe decision, announced in an email by Activision Blizzard exec Brian Bulatao, was immediately criticised by staff who said it risked employees who may be immunocompromised or who lived with others who are, and was poorly timed as the US faces up to Covid’s current Omicron BA2 subvariant. <\/p>\n

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Activision Blizzard employees have taken part in a planned strike in protest at the company’s recent decision to drop its requirement that in-office staff are vaccinated. Last week, the embattled World of Warcraft and Call of Duty maker announced it would no longer require office-based staff to have had Covid jabs, while encouraging a gradual return to in-person working over the coming months. The decision, announced in an email by Activision Blizzard exec Brian Bulatao, was immediately criticised by staff who said it risked employees who may be immunocompromised or who lived with others who are, and was poorly timed as the US faces up to Covid’s current Omicron BA2 subvariant. 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