NY Gov Kathy Hochul just earned my respect......

[Takket]

THIS is leadership, and protecting your constituents.

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[Skittles]

1. DO IT

EVERYONE NEEDS TO STOP CODDLING THESE STUPID, SELFISH ASSHOLES

[Takket]

3. they are literally killing us............ enough. vaccinte, or lose your job.

[roamer65]

2. Good for her.

[sheshe2]

4. Excellent.

[Enter stage left]

5. Are there enough trained Nat'l Guard members to replace to un vaccinated health professionals...

If there aren't, then some un vaccinated people in the ICU might die of covid, and free up some beds for other emergency's.

Looks like a "win, win" choice to me.

[marybourg]

6. The problem is: medically trained National Guard troops

are probably working medical jobs already, elsewhere in N.Y,

[Enter stage left]

15. I appreciate your response, but it still sends the message to the holdouts...

Get vaxxed, or lose your jobs.

[pnwmom]

26. True. But this should help move more people to where they are most needed. n/t

[Calista241]

7. For the past 2 years, all of these people were called Heroes.

They literally walked past signs that said "Heros Work Here" on a daily basis.

While I think they should be vaccinated; they have been putting their lives on the line for ours, in perhaps the most difficult working conditions possible.

They've certainly contributed more than I have, since all I did was social distance, wear a mask, and get a jab. They have literally saved lives.

[Lucky Luciano]

10. ...and how many have the unvaccinated health care "professionals" murdered?

[Demobrat]

14. And yet ...

if they would rather lose their jobs than get a vaccination, what kind of advice are they giving people?

[niyad]

17. The vaccinated are still s/heroes. The unvaccinated are now endangering lives.

I heard that same line from a friend's sister-in-law, who is a nurse at the biggest health care system in their county. She is a trumphumper, a qanon believer, and, unsurprisingly, an anti-mask, anti-vax loon. If she walks out, she will lose her job, the health care for both she and her husband (both with very expensive health issues), and her husband's family farm. And they are not quite retirement age. It will be interesting. I would not want her anywhere near me.

[Hortensis]

45. Me neither. Those who refused to wear masks in public, and later

be vaccinated when it became available, have always been endangering lives. And unlike some others who manage to do morbidly stupid well enough, they can't fool anyone that they haven't always known it.

[LiberalLovinLug]

48. My Trump-humper brother in law works at an older care home

But he got his shots because it was mandated by his employer. Even though he says things like. "they put their poison in me". And continually scoffs at the severity of the pandemic.

Hopefully she will get the "poison" put in her and keep her job too. We need as many nurses as we can get.

[LanternWaste]

21. No one but their own intransigence is denying them that label.

And in regards to your last assertion, I don't think the nurse who saved three lives is any more, nor any less, 'heroic' than the nurse who saved 33 lives.

[Random Boomer]

29. The pandemic is a fluid, dynamic situation

There is no one, static response. Vaccines are the latest, possibly the most critical, weapon against the virus. Given the virulence and highly contagious nature of Delta and the rising mortality numbers that results, it's no longer enough to just suit up in PPE. Medical workers need to protect themselves and their patients, as well as the community, by getting vaccinated.

Any HCWs who refuse vaccination are failing at their job, not to mention putting their lives and the lives of other at risk. They need to find another line of work.

[wnylib]

33. +1000.

[wnylib]

32. And some of them carried the virus

home to family, or vice versa, into work to their patients. That was hard to avoid before vaccines, although they did their best through use of PPE, hand-washing, and sanitization of equipment and environment.

But now there is no excuse for not being vaccinated. Now, if not vaccinated, they create an unnecessary risk to patients, family, and community.

[Politicub]

35. Unvaccinated healthcare workers are spreading the virus. They are

making the choice to be virus vectors. There was a study about this I read about yesterday.

Maybe the unvaxxed are not cut out for medical work. I wasn’t able to do my job a few years ago because of circumstances out of my control. I have no sympathy for these healthcare workers because they do have a choice, but their ideology trumps the idea of doing no harm.

[Calista241]

36. You could make that case about anyone doing anything, vaccinated or not.

[Politicub]

37. No. Unvaccinated healthcare workers work in settings around sick people.

So, you’re wrong. Their role is unlike others.

What is your point, exactly? That there should be people that are special enough to not get the vaccine because they don’t give a damn?

[DENVERPOPS]

42. Unvaccinated Health Care Workers

are potentially super spreaders............

Years ago I learned of a nurse in a newborn center, go from baby to baby without washing her hands. Ten newborns total.
Within 24 hours all ten had contracted a serious infection of some sort from the nurse and it sent the newborn infant center into an all out scramble to try and save them.

[ZonkerHarris]

40. They have saved lives, unless their unvaccinated status endagered others and passed on the virus

and there is no way to track the damage they may have done

[onecaliberal]

8. This is unfortunately what has to be done.

[joetheman]

9. I wish she would move and primary Cinema! nt

[MLAA]

23. Me too.

[wnylib]

34. Wrong state. Sinema is Arizona's Senator.

Hochul is NY's governor.

[DFW]

46. He did say, "I wish she would move."

I would give him the benefit of the doubt, and assume he didn't mean to Pago Pago.

[PoliticAverse]

11. The leates numbers I've seen indicated that would cover about 72,000 people. That's a lot of people

to fire in an already stressed health care system.

[Lucky Luciano]

12. Excellent! Taking out the trash!

[Wounded Bear]

13. K & R...nt

[niyad]

16. Excellent

[IronLionZion]

18. Why Nurses Have Been Hit the Hardest During the Pandemic The Daily Show

[DinahMoeHum]

19. Thank you, Governor Hochul. Anyone who is an anti-vaxxer. . .

. . . has no business being in the healthcare profession.

Period. End of discussion.

[Tree Lady]

20. She's got woman "balls"

This makes me happy, there are more of us vaccinated than not and its about time the unvaccinated pay for their stupidity.

There is the rare exception of folks who really can't get shot but that is 1% of those that don't.

[niyad]

50. How about "ovaries" instead of balls? Couragea and the willingness to do the

correct thing is not gender related. That male is the default setting is desand annoying. annoying.

[Mopar151]

22. Vax-compromised

Whether medical, or spiritual , they are not qualified for patient contact.

[spudspud]

24. WOW. That is a truly BOSS move. /nt

[Duppers]

25. Bravo ! K&R

[niyad]

52. Brava!

[elleng]

27. Good.

Drove through a piece of NY yesterday, and thought of her.

[Lucinda]

28. ❤️ ✿❧🌿❧✿ ❤️

[brooklynite]

30. Funny how people don't feel the same should apply to the Teacher's Union.

[lagomorph777]

43. Of course it should.

[wryter2000]

31. Good

Those assholes need to try to live without their paychecks for a while. If they do qualify for unemployment (do they?), let them try living on that.

[wnylib]

38. A regional chain of nursing homes near me

has lost around 10% of its employees who refused the vax, according to the director of the chain, who supports the mandate. This director said that she anticipated this and has been planning on how to deal with it. No details, though, on what she is doing.

Meantime, 2 NY Republican state senators have written a bill to remove the requirement for pre-school children, ages 2 to 4, to wear masks. Think I will e-mail them to ask what they have against toddlers that they are willing to put them at risk.

[regrestic]

39. Unemployment?

Generally speaking if you refuse the vaccine mandate, you are not qualified for unemployment, barring a few exceptions.. You have to lose your job through no fault of your own..but there are certain "unique" situations I have read..

https://www.marketwatch.com/story/new-york-health-care-workers-who-are-fired-for-refusing-to-be-vaccinated-wont-be-eligible-for-unemployment-benefits-in-most-cases-11632780792

So today in Buffalo, some hospitals employees showed up for vaccines, but kind of late since the deadline was the 27th..According to the mandate they are still out of employment. I hope the hospitals stick to it and not cave..The religious exemption has been put on pause by the courts, a pending decision by Oct 12..

[ZonkerHarris]

41. if they show up and get vaxxed today I'm all for them getting to keep the job

[appleannie1]

44. Good for her. She cares about the people in New York

[regrestic]

47. Also Nurses Ready to Strike Oct 1 at Catholic Hospital In Buffalo

[Moebym]

49. If you're in the HEALTHcare field and you are anti-vaccine

It never was about health for you.

[lame54]

51. Making it public...

May force some last minute holdouts

[Historic NY]

53. They get no unemployment and have flushed their career

no facility will hire rogue workers, even bed pan handlers. Imagine getting interviewed even for private employment.