New York City firefighters protests over the city's COVID-19 vaccine mandates to the residence of Mayor Bill de Blasio on Thursday.
The mayor approved a vaccine mandate that forces all public employees in the city to get a coronavirus vaccine by Nov. 1, or risk losing their jobs.
*** The vaccine mandate is part of US efforts to stop the spread of coronavirus and protect communities. The NHS states coronavirus vaccines are safe and effective and give you the best protection against COVID-19 for more information go to the NHS website ***
Police officers and unions put up a fight against vaccine mandates for public workers
"This is a personal choice everyone wants to make for themselves," Andrew Ansbro, president of the Uniformed Firefighters Association, told Fox News. He said the union plans to file a lawsuit over the mandate.
Ansbro, who said he is vaccinated himself, said that up to 45% of the New York City's Fire Department could lose their jobs over the vaccine mandate.
He estimated that around 70% of the department's workers contracted the coronavirus during the pandemic. He said that with more than half of the department's firefighters vaccinated and a large portion having had the virus before, that they "are covered" and protected from the coronavirus.
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