Posted on 03/22/2022 2:57:32 PM PDT by nickcarraway
Four months after the deadline for Veterans Affairs workers to be vaccinated against coronavirus, about 40,000 staffers remain unvaccinated but only a few have been fired for refusal, department officials said Tuesday.
The new figures come as Republican lawmakers are renewing their calls to drop the vaccine mandate and allow VA employees to continue to work without penalty even if they ignore the department’s rules.
As of this week, roughly 330,000 workers (89 percent) in the Veterans Health Administration are vaccinated, according to data released by department officials.
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Because most of the workers are friends and family members of someone in HR or management - that’s how they got hired in the first place.
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Because most of the workers are friends and family members of someone in HR or management - that’s how they got hired in the first place.
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So, out of 370,000 employees, 40,000 people had ‘connections’, and were allowed to ignore the mandates, while untold numbers were harassed and intimidated into getting the shots.
Sounds like a lawsuit waiting to happen; unequal treatment...
I’m not being precise, I just know that happens a lot in government jobs and the VA.
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