Medical workers are getting this first dose of the vaccine as we speak protecting themselves against what will still be a long, deadly, and for them exhausting winter. Theyre sending a message to the rest of us that this vaccine is safe and it will save lives. A new online poll from abc news shows that more than 80 of americans are willing to take the vaccine. Although a large percentage say they dont want to be among the first to do so. Frankly most of them will not have to worry about that. Right now there is only enough doses to inoculate a something number of the most vulnerable americans. But the time line is getting more optimistic. Dr. Anthony fauci said the General Public could start getting shots in just three months. I have been saying my my calculation that by the end of mark, the beginning of april, that a normal healthy man and woman in the street with no under lying conditions would likely get it. There is still so much work to be done until that happens. The task of prod
New York State's largest healthcare provider, Northwell Health, has fired 1,400 employees who refused to get COVID-19 vaccinations, according to a spokesman, Joe Kemp. As with other healthcare companies that have recently terminated workers for not complying with vaccine mandates, the fired employees represent a small percentage of Northwell's workforce of more than 76,000, all of