Posted on 02/19/2022 8:16:40 AM PST by george76
New York state health officials announced that the state's COVID vaccine booster mandate for healthcare workers will not be enforced, citing potential staffing shortages should workers be forced out of their job for refusing to get boosted.
"The vaccine and booster are critical tools to keep both healthcare workers and their patients safe, and we continue to urge everyone to get vaccinated and receive a booster dose when eligible," State Health Commissioner Mary Bassett said in a statement Friday.
The announcement comes ahead of New York Gov. Kathy Hochul's requirement issued last month mandating that healthcare workers be boosted against the coronavirus by Feb. 21.
Bassett said in her statement that the state would endure "substantial staffing issues" should the mandate be enforced but noted that officials will reassess measures to increase booster rates in three months.
"While we are making progress with 75% of staff received or are willing to receive their booster, the reality is that not enough healthcare workers will be boosted by next week's requirement in order to avoid substantial staffing issues in our already overstressed healthcare system," she said. "That is why we are announcing additional efforts to work closely with healthcare facilities and ensure that our healthcare workforce is up to date on their doses."
The state's efforts to increase the booster vaccination rate of healthcare workers will include bringing boosters directly to healthcare settings.
Among healthcare staff in the state, 95% of hospice workers, and 84% of hospital workers are boosted. But other areas, such as nursing home staff at 51% and adult care facilities at 63 percent, have much lower booster rates.
Healthcare workers in the state will still have to adhere to the original vaccine mandate.
Do they ever stop to think that if medical professionals are refusing the booster, maybe there is something wrong with the booster? Or is the reaction solely limited to: “Damn those Republicans! Our Universal Digital Loyalty Passport is going to take longer than we thought to implement!”
Once again science wins over politics
U.S. Army Brigade flight surgeon says “in one morning I had to ground 3 out of 3 pilots due to vaccine injuries” ... recommended the Pentagon ground all pilots who took the covid shot .. testified before a Senate panel … Lieutenant Colonel Theresa Long.
Then her boss pulled her pilots & charts from her review..because she told the truth..
https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/4009341/posts
Winning! despite the best efforts of the Vichy Vaxxers.
the Hootchi is waaay out over her tips...
That's an interesting statistic. Are the reading their minds? <>If only the vaccine weren't so hard to get, I guess...
Just drop all these stupid and useless rules and regulations.
No lockdowns
No Vaxx passports
No mandates
Freedom.
Political Science
As usual, you can always get them in the pocketbook. Again, “Follow the money”.
And no recourse for folks wrongfully terminated/laid off?
You need the booster vaccine to be considered “deployable” in the .mil, or be in the time between the second and third.
This lamebrain Cuomo/Hochul idea would have brought healthcare to it’s knees. Many healthcare workers were refusing and Hospital Presidents said they would not comply, forcing Hochul’s hand.
Winning... What are you talking about? And what is this article talking about? They already fired people who did not get the vax. Hospitals forced healthcare workers who were not vaxed out the door more than a month ago. Now we are going to pretend that didn’t happen. I personally know someone who was affected. I feel like I am in the twilight zone when I read a propaganda story like this. You can go back and find articles where they tell you health care workers were let go.
“While we are making progress with 75% of staff received or are willing to receive their booster, the reality is that not enough healthcare workers will be boosted by next week’s requirement in order to avoid substantial staffing issues in our already overstressed healthcare system,” she said.
—
Well now, if this is a purely scientific decision, then they’re playing games with peoples’ health by not following thru with terminating these healthcare workers. Why on earth would they sacrifice healthcare and kill grandma for the expediency of saving a few recalcitrant workers?
The state's efforts to increase the booster vaccination rate of healthcare workers will include bringing boosters directly to healthcare settings.
Yeah, the problem was that the shots weren't accessible enough. Nobody knew where to go or how to get them. Ha, ha, ha...idiots!
areas, such as nursing home staff at 51% and adult care facilities at 63 percent, have much lower booster rates.....
These aren’t the most skilled or educated folks in healthcare. However, they care for a population that’s almost 100% vaxxed and have personally observed the before and after.
Bit in the ass by reality.
Wait until they find out how much of their daily supplies-—both personal & business-—are delivered by truck & the truck drivers are NOT driving.
Disclaimer: Opinions posted on Free Republic are those of the individual posters and do not necessarily represent the opinion of Free Republic or its management. All materials posted herein are protected by copyright law and the exemption for fair use of copyrighted works.