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Finding that "being vaccinated does not prevent an individual from contracting or transmitting COVID-19," the New York State Supreme Court reinstated all New York City employees who were fired for not being vaccinated for the disease.
The court, in its ruling Monday, ordered back pay for the fired employees, concluding their rights had been violated.
Earlier this year, after adopting a vaccine mandate under former Mayor Bill de Blasio, the city fired about 1,400 employees – including many police officers and firefighters – for being unvaccinated. The city's current mayor, Eric Adams, said the employees fired for their COVID-19 vaccination status would not be rehired.
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The NY State Supreme Court ruled that ~all unvaccinated NYC employees are “reinstated to their full employment” and are “entitled to back pay in salary from the date of termination.” pic.twitter.com/WKKBfwlQ48
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Adams has allowed an exception to the mandate for athletes and performers that does not extend to firefighters and police officers, drawing condemnation from union leaders.
FDNY-Firefighters Association President Andrew Ansbro reasoned that "if you're going to remove the vaccine mandate for certain people in the city, you need to remove it for everybody in the city."
"If you're gonna follow the science, science is gonna tell you there isn't any danger right now and putting hundreds of firefighters, police officers, and other emergency workers out of work is not in the best interest of the city. It's not safe," he said.
The science, moreover, as the court concluded Monday, shows the COVID-19 shots do not stop infection or transmission, which is the premise for any mandate.
The new COVID bivalent booster, crafted to combat the omicron variants, failed CDC Director Rochelle Walensky, who tested positive for COVID-19, according to a CDC statement Saturday.
The agency said Walensky, who received her most recent shot one month ago, was "up to date with her vaccines" and experiencing mild symptoms.
In a speech Tuesday, President Biden urged every American to get the bivalent booster. He asked employers to do all they can to get their employees vaccinated, including setting up "a vaccine clinic in your building."
Biden got his third COVID-19 booster, his fifth shot, on live television after the speech.
A preprint study released Monday by Dr. David Ho – a prominent virologist at Columbia University in New York City – found that the new mRNA booster shots produce fewer antibodies than the original vaccine.
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