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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]So why exactly are so many fire fighters refusing to be vaccinated?  Is it because they're Republican?[/quote]

In DC ??

No, not a chance.[/quote]

Most don't live anywhere near DC.  My cousin is a retired firefighter.  He lives in Stafford, VA.  His colleagues lived in W. Virginia, Fredricksburg, etc.  [b]They do 3 day shifts [/b]so it's easy to live really far.[/quote]
Their shifts are 24-hours, not 72.[/quote]

NP but firefighters I know will trade shifts to get two or three days in a row and then have five or six days off.  My cousin moved shifts around so much he had two weeks off without taking a day of vacation.  And except for my cousin all the firefighters I know live at least an hour for their respective city.  Several live two hours away.[/quote]

I don’t know firefighters who do this. Yes they trade days occasionally, but they have families and spouses who work and it’s not realistic to be away more than 48 hours. They get extra days off (kelly days) every few weeks that give them 5-7 days off in a row. That’s probably what you’re noticing.

DC firefighters work one day on and then three off. Or that’s how it was around 2010. The most common schedule seems to be one day on and then two off but DC can be busy so they need more rest. They send an obscene amount of vehicles to every call. [/quote]
For the firefighters I know (none in DC though) they don’t use the chunks of time for vacation, they use it for side jobs.

Also, doesn’t the new OSHA regulation on all workplaces over 50 employees testing weekly or being vaccinated make this whole issue moot?[/quote]

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