bret: there is more pressure tonight on workers in new york state to vaccinated or possibly lose their jobs the nation s largest school district is telling employees to get the shot by friday or not show up for work monday. correspondent alex hogan has details from new york city. for anyone who has not gotten a dose by friday at 5:00 p.m., we are going to assume you are not coming to work monday morning. new york city mayor bill de blasio giving teachers and staff at new york city 1800 public schools until the end of the week to get at least one covid vaccine. if someone is not really willing to live by this approach, then it s time for us to find new people. a similar mandate is already in place for medical workers statewide. new york governor kathy hochul ready to bring in the national guard and professionals from other states to fill staff shortages. millennially, self-reported data shows about 8% of state hospital
most medical workers are vaccinated. 84% of state hospital workers last week. 89% of staff at long-term care facilities. every single person will need to show proof or face termination. if they are let go they won t qualify for unemployment insurance. now more locally a similar mandate was supposed to go into effect today for teachers and staff in the nation s largest school districts. originally anyone unvaccinated in the new york city s 1800 schools would be suspended without pay. however, a federal judge blocking the rule over the weekend at least temporarily but that s not before thousands of workers got their first dose. even on friday and saturday we saw the number of vaccinations in the department of education shoot upward 7,000 more vaccinations just in those days. a hearing in front of a three-judge panel is scheduled for wednesday morning. the united federation of teachers union says it hopes the delay will give the department of education more
reporter: americans are lining up to get the pfizer booster shot after c.d.c. cleared the way friday for millions or those at high risk to get a dose. 340,000 have been administered since then including those who are immunocompromised. even the president rolled up his sleeve and while receiving his third dose addressed nearly a quarter of americans who are yet to get their first. boosters are important but the most important thing we need to do is get more people vaccinated. this as thousands of new york hospital workers face an ultimatum, get vaccinated or be terminated. it s not a role i relish but i am also realistic to know there are people who will not come back to their jobs. reporter: new york s governor is considering calling in the national guard to help fill positions, while 84% of state hospital workers are fully vaccinated, more than 83,000 are not. are you really ready to give up your paycheck?
. alicia: welcome back to the big sunday show , tomorrow new york state vaccine mandate for healthcare workers goes in effect and the governor will deploy the national guard if she has to. her expectation all healthcare workers in the state of new york will be vaccinated by monday. we will have a deployment program that were going to be announcing with anticipation, but this can be 100% reverted. alicia: 84% of the state hospital workers are vaccinated, 94000 employees were not, harry and meghan markel went to the festival to promote vaccine equity. we know that it feels like this pandemic has been going on forever, it is a lot and some people are just over it. but if everyone is over it, it s