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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]The county should have a vaccine mandate for employees.

Hans Riemer should recuse from this bill, just like the should recuse from all landlord-tenant bills and many planning bills because he is a landlord.

In the federal government, this would probably be a criminal conflict of interest. We need stronger ethics laws in the county.

Respectfully, this is it. It's possible he's done things that are worse, but this is bad enough.[/quote]

The county does have a vaccine mandate.   Either show proof of vaccination or get tested weekly.   That's what was bargained for the employees.   Why impose an authoritarian mandate that overrides the bargained agreement? [/quote]

That's not a vaccine mandate, it's a vaccine-or-get-tested mandate. Which is just as "authoritarian" as a vaccine mandate. I completely understand the idea of sticking with the bargained agreement, but this really really really really really is not the hill to make a stand on. Get vaccinated, or find a different employer.[/quote]

A bargained agreement isn't authoritarian, by definition.

And what happens to county services like police and fire when several hundred quit?   I mean, that's the reality of it.  Don't let the perfect be the enemy of the good. [/quote]
The county is better off without anybody in the police department or fire/rescue service who would quit their job rather than get vaccinated.[/quote]

If you say so.   That means longer call response times to heart attacks and shootings, but OK. [/quote]

It also means that the first response will come from people who are less likely to spread covid and are more likely to be people who accurately assess risks, understand basic medical facts, and prioritize public health over a self-harming stand on a stupid principle. [/quote]

Where is your data showing county employees are spreading covid?  Or are you supporting legislation based on an unproven hypothesis?   Fire, in particular, is used to wearing personal protective equipment due to contagions that have been around forever, like tuberculosis.    If any county employee knows how to do it right, it's Fire.

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