Posted on 10/22/2021 6:18:11 PM PDT by CheshireTheCat
Ohio’s prison authority, the largest government agency in the state tasked with overseeing the 43,000 inmates in its custody, is the least vaccinated entity in Ohio’s government, according to state data based on employee-submitted records.
About 28% of employees within the Ohio Department of Rehabilitation and Correction are vaccinated against COVID-19 and have submitted proof of it, according to data released Wednesday by the Ohio Department of Administrative Services.
In comparison, about 66% of Ohio adults statewide have received at least one dose of the vaccine, as have about 79% of American adults.
Employees are not required to seek or submit proof of vaccination, but the state offers an incentive: Any of its employees who show proof of vaccination gets $100. If a whole agency reached 65% vaccination by Oct. 15, everybody got $300; if an agency hits 85% by Nov. 15, everybody gets another $600.
The idea is that the incentives will ultimately cost less than the likely cost of care that an unvaccinated labor force would warrant.
However, ODRC claims the DAS data is inaccurate. A department spokeswoman said about 58% of its staff is vaccinated, based on data from vaccines administered by ODRC staff and employees who self-report.
ODRC’s low vaccination rate raises thorny questions about the standard of care it provides to inmates. Ohio’s prisons, early in the pandemic, were home to some of the largest COVID-19 outbreaks in the country. In April 2020, more than 75% of inmates at two large prisons in the state had confirmed cases of COVID-19.
More than 6,500 inmates and nearly 5,600 prison workers have been infected with COVID-19 during the pandemic. At least 136 inmates died of the disease, along with 13 prison workers, according to state data. More than 100 prison workers are currently infected with COVID-19....
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It's almost as if the prison guards have heard from their friends and family who are patrol officers and EMT's about all the mysterious deaths that are occurring.
For your consideration.
I read this as Ohio’s prison workforce is smarter than the average person and a lot smarter than the pro-vaxxers.
Well!! If they aren’t vaccinated by the deadline, they will all have to leave!!
Actually, no.
DeWine has gone on record that he disagrees with Biden’s mandate, so he can’t very well contradict himself and make state workers get vaccinated.
He wants to guilt them into it, to be sure, and to get other employees to peer pressure them into getting vaccinated so they can get $600.
5,600 prison workers have been infected with COVID-19 during the pandemic.
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That natural immunity is never an alternative to the vaccine tells everything about the real reason of pushing the vaccine. It’s not concern over health it’s concern over Big Pharma profit.
You spend a lot of time around cons, your worldview grows up fast.
I have friends that are corrections officers in our state pen. They are all in their thirties and in good health. I’d be curious what their immunization rate is because most have natural immunity. One said about sixty percent of staff and seventy percent of the inmates got covid and for those who weren’t old or had other considerations it wasn’t bad. He said after a couple of prisoners with AIDS had little trouble with it, he tried getting covid for several months. He got it last fall and had minimal symptoms. His wife was in bed for a week. Neither have taken the shots. I had it in December and later got the shots in March. I will not get any more.
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Ohio’s prison workforce is 28% vaccinated, per state data; lowest rate among all state agencies
Ohio Capital Journal ^ | October 21, 2021 | Jake Zuckerman
Posted on 10/22/2021, 9:18:11 PM by CheshireTheCat
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