Posted on 07/26/2021 11:57:47 AM PDT by BlackFemaleArmyColonel
The Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) on Monday become the first federal agency to require its frontline health care workers to be vaccinated.
President Joe Biden confirmed the move in a brief statement to reporters Monday afternoon.
'Yes. Veteran Affairs is going to in fact require that all docs working in facilities are going to have to be vaccinated,' Biden said, following a report quoting his Veterans Affairs secretary regarding health care workers at the VA.
115,000 staffers will have two months to get inoculated against the coronavirus, and face being fired if they do not oblige.
President Biden confirmed that 'all docs' at the VA would be asked to get the shot ahead of his meeting with the Iraqi Prime Minister Mustafa Al-Kadhimi in the Oval Office.
Denis McDonough, the secretary of veterans affairs, told the New York Times: 'I am doing this because it’s the best way to keep our veterans safe, full stop.
He added that the mandates would apply to the employees who have the most contact with patients.
This includes doctors, dentists, nurses, physicians assistants and physical therapists at VA medical centers across the country.
The Biden administration has so far been unwilling to back federal vaccine mandates, and has insisted it is up to private companies.
The move came after White House press secretary Jen Psaki said the White House 'supports the steps of hospitals' to require staff to get vaccinated, saying it 'could be a guide for us on what to do with our own workforce here from the federal government.'
She noted there are 'certain powers' that the federal government has, and 'certain powers that the federal government does not have.'
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Show us exactly where the Tuskegee Airmen were involved.
HIPPA rights? 😂😂😂😂 Guess you missed the (p)resident LIEden decree that none of those rights are absolute. Wonder about the 13th an 19th in addition to HIPPA “rights”.
I don’t think they can force ANY civilian employee, other than possibly those who have physical contact with patients, to have the vaccination. And, in particular, they CERTAINLY can’t force those who had and recovered from COVID-19 to be vaccinated.
Folks, like I told my kids who had COVID-19, SAVE YOUR COVID-19 POSITIVE TEST REPORT!
What was sent to my wife(a VA RN)...
MESSAGE FROM THE SECRETARY
Vaccine
On Wednesday, July 28, 2021, we are making COVID-19 vaccines mandatory for Title 38 Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) health care personnel—including physicians, dentists, podiatrists, optometrists, registered nurses, physician assistants, expanded-function dental auxiliaries and chiropractors—who work in Veterans Health Administration (VHA) facilities, visit VHA facilities or provide direct care to those we serve. Each employee will have 8 weeks to be fully vaccinated.
Above all else, I’m doing this because it’s the best way to keep the Nation’s Veterans and our employees safe.
Any unvaccinated employees who interact with Veterans right now are putting those Veterans at risk—and that’s a risk we simply cannot take. Since the pandemic began, we have lost tens of thousands of Veterans to this deadly disease. The risks are even higher now due to the Delta variant, which has claimed the lives of at least three of the four VA employees we’ve lost to COVID in recent weeks and spurred a large outbreak among unvaccinated employees at a VA Law Enforcement Training facility. This variant is more transmissible, more likely to lead to hospitalizations and less responsive to treatments than previous variants—which makes the unvaccinated among us more vulnerable, more likely to become first infected and more likely to spread the infection to others.
The vaccine can help us prevent these tragedies by providing strong protection against COVID-19 transmissions, hospitalizations and deaths. Nearly every person dying from COVID-19 right now is unvaccinated—which means that from now on, almost every COVID-19 death is preventable. That is why Title 38 employees must be vaccinated.
More information is coming soon about the mandate implementation, including specifics about how to report your COVID-19 vaccinations while addressing privacy concerns. I’ve shared the policy with our Union partners and want to give them time to share any potential ideas they have before sharing it with you as final. For now, I want you to know that I did not make this decision lightly. I have discussed this mandate extensively with leaders at VHA, the Veterans Benefits Administration and the National Cemetery Administration, as well as leading health care experts—all of whom agreed that this is the best course of action to protect the Nation’s Veterans and their families. Mandates are supported by many national medical organizations, including the American Hospital Association, America’s Essential Hospitals and a multi-society group of the leading Infectious Disease Societies. Today, the American Medical Association, American Nurses Association, American College of Physicians, American Academy of Pediatrics, Association of American Medical Colleges and National Association for Home Care and Hospice also endorsed mandating COVID-19 vaccination for health care workers.
So please, if you have not already been vaccinated, do so as soon as you can. All VA employees are eligible to be vaccinated without charge at any of our facilities. You will receive 4 hours of paid administrative leave after demonstrating that you have been vaccinated. And if you have any outstanding questions about the vaccine, you can find more information about its safety and effectiveness in these FAQs or view clinician and Veteran videos here.
The bottom line is that we cannot provide the best care and services to the Nation’s Veterans if we do not first care for ourselves. Whenever a Veteran or teammate sets foot in a VA facility, they deserve to know we have done everything in our power to keep them safe. With this mandate, we can once again make—and keep—that fundamental promise.
Thank you to those of you who have already been vaccinated, and to those of you who will get vaccinated now. There is no better way to keep Veterans or our colleagues safe.
Denis McDonough
“Two words: Tuskegee Airmen”
Six words: The Tuskegee Study of Untreated Syphilis
not airmen.
SMH.
My lib ex-SIL (we’re still very close and good friends). She’s a VA nurse and took the vaxx months ago. But it was her CHOICE.
I stand corrected.
More jabs, less Vets. That is one way to eliminate the long months of waiting to get an appointment to see a doctor.
A government job has its negatives, I guess.
THE THE S’s. Suggest, shove, shoot.
18 Reasons I Won’t Be Getting a Covid Vaccine
https://www.deconstructingconventional.com/post/18-reason-i-won-t-be-getting-a-covid-vaccine
Nope. We sue them for trying to force employees to take some non FDA approved concoction. So far, Dementia Joe and his Brownshirts are not doing well in the courts.
Since no vaccine is FDA approved, I assume this should be pretty easily struck down in court. Can they require accepting an experimental drug?
“I’ve been encouraged. The med I get from the VA effects my auto immune system so..........”
And from what I understand, the Vax compromises the immune system. That would be a double whammie. There is absolutely no way you should be required to get the shots.
I am 70 and only go into my clinic once a year for regular checks. My Dr is a hard core conservative. I see him in Oct. and I hope he’s still there but knowing him he will tell them to go to hell.
Best to you, friend.
May God bless us and may the evil bastards go to Hell.
They’re planning on the regular flu season to kick into gear.
So they lied. We knew they were lying and now the mandates.
‘LEPER, UNCLEAN UNCLEAN!”
And wait for the new booster mandates, wait for the bread lines and hyper inflation all blamed on the unwashed masses...they’ll need safety zones like Warsaw and Treblinka soon...but first a star, or maybe something akin to a star?
Maybe now they can fire people with the 'wrong' thoughts too..
I hope it's not as bad as last year where we had no flu cases.
Vaccination macht frei
Dystopia
Get ready to show your papers to the Gestapo!
“the COVID-19 vaccination card... could be your ticket to freedom in the coming months — so it should be protected as such.
“Whether it’s school, entertainment venues or travel, there’s going to be an expectation that to resume these activities you have to be retested and enter quarantine or produce proof of immunization”
“International standards will need to be established before a digital “vaccine passport” can be accepted around the world. It’s “going to take some work,” said Brownstein, but multination organizations like the World Health Organization are thinking through these challenges.”
https://www.yahoo.com/gma/hang-covid-19-vaccination-card-120615150.html
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