Some UCHealth employees push back against COVID-19 vaccine mandate
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COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. (KRDO) Some UCHealth employees tell
13 Investigates they are furious with the health care system s new requirement for them to get the COVID-19 vaccine.
UCHealth announced on Wednesday that employees that don t get vaccinated by October 1 could be fired.
Employees who wish to remain anonymous said they don t believe they should be mandated to get a vaccine that is not fully approved by the FDA. One employee tells
13 Investigates the large health care system is taking away their power and rights by not giving them a choice if they want to keep their jobs.
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(FILES) In this file photo taken on December 15, 2020, Rocky Mountain Regional VA Medical Center investigational pharmacy technician Sara Berech prepares a dose of the Johnson & Johnson COVID-19 vaccine for a clinical trial in Aurora, Colorado. – Johnson & Johnson’s single-shot Covid-19 vaccine has an overall efficacy of 66 percent, the company announced on January 29, 2021, following results from a phase 3 trial of almost 44,000 people across many countries. The figure however was as high as 72 percent in the United States but went down to 57 percent in South Africa, where a more transmissible variant is dominant. (Photo by Michael Ciaglo / GETTY IMAGES NORTH AMERICA / AFP)
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Denver nurse and volunteer Shani Jones puts a shot of Modern vaccine in the arm of Angel Martinez of Henderson at a COVID 19 vaccination clinic hosted by Second Chance Center in Aurora on Friday, May 14, 2021.
The $1 million drawings announced this week to encourage COVID-19 vaccinations have exposed gaps in a state vaccine database while pointing up inequities among those who might get a shot at the cash.
Among those who might be shut out, at least for now, are military veterans who received their vaccinations at Veterans Administration facilities in the state.
The announcement by Gov. Jared Polis on Tuesday prompted scores of Coloradans to search the state s immunization database only to find that their shots aren t displayed when they search by name, date of birth and contact information. One was Scott Lee, a 37-year-old Navy veteran in Centennial who got shots through the VA.
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