Posted on 09/06/2021 9:42:48 AM PDT by Olog-hai
March 11, 2021. It was supposed to be a turning point in the coronavirus pandemic for Erin Tokley, a longtime Philadelphia police officer, Baptist minister and 47-year-old father of three. It was supposed to be the day of his vaccine appointment.
Instead it was the date of his funeral.
Tokley — “Toke” to his friends and family — died on March 3, becoming the Philadelphia Police Department’s sixth confirmed COVID-19 death.
Philadelphia officers first became eligible for their shots in late January and Tokley was eager to get it as soon as he could. But he fell ill in early February, before it was his turn to roll up his sleeve. […]
In the first half of 2021, 71 law enforcement officials in the U.S. died from the virus — a small decrease compared to the 76 who died in the same time period in 2020, per data compiled by the National Law Enforcement Officers Memorial Fund. Last year, the total figure was 241 — making the virus the the leading cause of law enforcement line-of-duty deaths.
Despite the deaths, police officers and other first responders are among those most hesitant to get the vaccine and their cases continue to grow. No national statistics show the vaccination rate for America’s entire population of first responders but individual police and fire departments across the country report figures far below the national rate of 74% of adults who have had at least one dose.
Frustrated city leaders are enacting mandates for their municipal employees — including police officers and firefighters — as the delta variant surges. …
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So far so good for my wife. She works at a nursing home so I guess she’s more of a last responder. First responder until last responder maybe.
They haven’t talked seriously about mandating it yet. Right now they’re at strongly recommending. We’re averaging 2 deaths per month in this county of 24,000. We’re at 45 deaths since covid first made it’s appearance. Typical 80+ with 2-3 comorbidities.
In Israel there were 7,700 new covid cases. One percent were reinfection of people with natural immunity.
More than enough reason to resist the shot. I discern our CDC doesn’t keep that kind of stats because it actually would work against their stated goal of 100% vaccination. Pound sand CDC Sorry I got vaccinated.
They respond to the calls of vaxxx people who suffer strokes, heart attacks, or just die in their sleep.
They know.
First responders keep responding to calls to assist people having strokes, seizures and heart attacks within 48 hours of ‘vaccination’. They do not want to be next.
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