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that and that you ll be taking the testing option. reporter: at the center of it all is the city s requirement to disclose vaccine status by friday. city employees, including police officers who don t comply, would be placed on unpaid leave. do not fill out the portal information. reporter: the president of the police union claimed this week, without corroboration, it could lead to a police force at 50% or less this weekend. now telling officers to refuse direct orders on the mandate from police leadership and even record it on body camera. the leadership is so ridiculously poor at the top of this department, who are not pushing back on this mayor saying stop it already. but they re not. they re literally doing whatever she tells them to do. reporter: leadership at the chicago police department called the policy mandatory. i know the residents and businesses have expressed concerns that the department will not be properly staffed heading into the weekend. i can assure you t
face suspension. i am concerned of making sure we are well prepared if there is another delta. i am concerned keeping our schools open and economy going. reporter: the governor is preparing the national guard to step in if necessary. the state s commissioner is hoping that won t be the case. we are looking at having so many of our people vaccinated that will not be necessary. at this point, things are still being tabulated. reporter: in new york city, fears of staffing shortages in the largest school district in america. all teachers must be vaccinated, no testing option. some 10,000 employees may not be able to work. substitutes are standing by and most teachers are vaccinated. 93% of our teachers and principles and the bottom line is this mandate has worked. reporter: nicole broker won t be showing up. now you are taking away teachers and go to person. she says she had asymptomatic
a national guard to step in if necessary. the state s health commissioner hoping that won t be the case. we are looking at really having so many of our people vaccinated that that will not be necessary. but at this point things are still being tabulated. reporter: in new york city fears of a staffing shortage in the largest school district in america. all teachers must be vaccinated tomorrow. no testing option. some 10,000 employees may not be allowed to work. the mayor says substitutes are standing by and most teachers are vaccinated. a 93% of our teachers, 98% of our principals. the bottom line is this mandate has worked. reporter: this teacher won t be showing up tomorrow. now you re taking away their teachers, their go-to person. reporter: she says she had asymptomatic covid the spring of last year i had many doctors say to me you don t need it right now. maybe in the future. reporter: while the white house covid-19 data director says today saw the highest
through the correct process and there would be a testing option for those with natural immunity. todd: in the healthcare field are you mandated to get other vaccines such as the flu vaccine or anything else? as far as the flu vaccine, you don t, you wear a mask through the flu season which is different each year, you don t have to take the flu vaccine. jillian: any other vaccines? as far as i know, and the immunization record.