Pima County looks at mandating vaccines for employees
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TUCSON (KVOA) - Pima County Administrator Chuck Huckelberry is asking the Pima County Board of Supervisors to require COVID-19 vaccinations for employees.
In a memorandum, Huckelberry says static vaccination rates, rising numbers of COVID-19 cases and the emergence of the new, highly transmissible delta variant.
"At some point you have to say, look. You cannot endanger the rest of society and the world. Especially being a public servant in any capacity, whether it's the city of Tucson, the county, health care workers," said Pima County Supervisor, Matt Heinz. Heinz is also a doctor and said he will introduce a motion to mandate vaccines for all health care workers in Pima County.