26 New York City Firehouses Closed Due to Vaccine Mandate Short Staffing

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https://theconservativetreehouse.com/blog/2021/10/30/26-new-york-city-firehouses-closed-due-to-vaccine-mandate-short-staffing/

"The deadline for New York City firefighters to get vaccinated was yesterday.  

Enforcement of the vaccine mandate is anticipated to begin Monday.  

Today, the New York Post is reporting that 26 FDNY firehouses are currently closed due to short staffing directly related to the vaccine mandate.

But the vaccine mandate is all about the public health, right?

[…] “Twenty six companies out of service is an unconscionable number,” said Councilman Joe Borelli, a Staten Island Republican who chairs the committee on fire and emergency management.

“The firefighters who are unable to work have all been tested within the week and are not Covid positive, and I doubt New Yorkers care about the vaccine status of the person applying defibrillators to their chest

[…] The FDNY’s vaccination rate was at 72 percent at the end of Friday.

The city’s deadline for workers to get at least one shot of the Covid vaccine.

The mandate is expected to be enforced beginning Monday.

The NYPD’s number stood at 84 percent vaccinated.

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