TREATING HEROES LIKE ZEROS
First responders and healthcare workers were celebrated as heroes in 2020. But now they’re facing termination because of their refusal to take the COVID vaccine. Kaiser Permanente placed 2,200 healthcare employees nationwide on unpaid leave. Police officers and firefighters in Newark, NJ, are protesting vaccine mandates. “There’s been a lot of bullying in the firehouses,” said William Amalu, a San Francisco firefighter, “and a lot of bullying by the command staff.”