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Nearly half of Philly’s firefighters and police have skipped COVID-19 vaccines, unions say

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Nearly half of Philadelphia’s fire and police workers are unvaccinated despite being eligible to receive the shot for months, according to unions representing both groups.

Philadelphia Firefighters Local 22, which represents about 2,800 firefighters and EMTs, reported 51% of its members have been vaccinated. The Fraternal Order of Police Lodge Five reported 3,562 members have been vaccinated, more than half the force. The union did not offer any demographic breakdowns of that number and was not able to distinguish between officers and civilian employees.

Both the Philadelphia Fire Department and Police Department declined to confirm vaccination rates among employees, or rates of COVID-19 infections.

“Our members are people, they’re human beings, they have the same kind of concerns that everybody has,” said Adam Thiel, the city’s fire commissioner and director of emergency management. “That said, we’re hoping that more and more folks, not just in the Fire Department but in the entire city, take advantage of these safe and effective vaccines.”

Thiel noted firefighters wore protective gear when interacting with the public, including masks, that should prevent them from posing a risk to others even if they had not been vaccinated.
 

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So, they'll be wearing their masks for the foreseeable future in their everyday life? Because I can tell you that they better NOT be giving essential workers a hard time in THEIR job when they have to protect themselves and their customers from them.
 

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i told yall its alot of people that have not got the shot. many people are lying for clout unfortunately
 

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I’m an RT and I’m not getting that vaccine any time soon, if I have to wear a mask so be it and even if I was vaccinated I’d still wear a mask. I don’t blame them for not getting it.
 

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Not surprised!

The police in this city are TRASH.

People kill me with all of these “concerns” but drink, smoke and eat BS all day, everyday.
 

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I’m an RT and I’m not getting that vaccine any time soon, if I have to wear a mask so be it and even if I was vaccinated I’d still wear a mask. I don’t blame them for not getting it.
I think one of the only issues I would have here is that you are an RT. You'll have access to the medical history of the patients you're taking care of. You'll know if they have been vaccinated or not, but do you think a patient or the caregiver of a patient has the right to know if you're vaccinated before giving care to them or their loved one?

This has nothing to do with you personally, but I cannot help by seeing all these Qanon, Anti-vaxxer's, extreme right-groups that have are members of the medical community?

So what do we do in this situation? What if I, or one of my loved ones, get stuck in the care of one of these crazy people who believe that we, being vaccinated, are going to turn them into lizard people? And our medical cares are ignored because of it?
 
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i told yall its alot of people that have not got the shot. many people are lying for clout unfortunately
This is precisely why I’m still wearing my mask and avoiding large crowds. Im fully vaxxed but not taking any chances.
 

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So unvaxxed firefighters are just going to go around and give people mouth to mouth if there is an emergency? Or are they just going to wait for someone else to show up?
 

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