News: Richland Public Health offering booster shots of Moderna COVID vaccine Several who talked to the News Journal declined to say where they work.Įmployees at Avita Health System, with facilities in Richland and Crawford counties, last Friday were sent an email by Jerome Morasko, the hospital president and CEO, saying that every health care employee at Avita must be vaccinated for COVID 'in order to stay in the Medicare and Medicaid program.' Many people at Saturday's protest are employed in the medical field. Health care workers protest vaccine mandates in Mansfield He sported a blue sweater with the words 'Stop the mandate. Neighbarger brought along her dog Chance, a Shih Tzu-poodle mix, to the protest. We have to look at the underlying conditions.' 'We can't say just one thing caused (deaths). 'My personal experience does not equal what is being pushed in the media,' Neighbarger said. She works at a living-assisted facility and has seen the effects of COVID-19 on people. Tiffany Neighbarger moved to Richland County from Cleveland, in part because she believes people there don't support medical freedoms. 'I signed up to serve our country, to protect freedom.Ĭoronavirus: Kids as young as 5 can get their COVID-19 vaccination at OhioHealth in Ontario Army for six years and was deployed to Afghanistan in 20. 'I signed up to serve our country, to protect freedom. 4 by the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services does not give health-care workers who refuse vaccination the option of getting tested in lieu of immunization. Unlike the mandate for private businesses, the emergency order issued Nov. Local health officials and workers are preparing for the looming federal mandate that would require about 17 million health-care workers in 76,000 hospitals, nursing homes and other health-care facilities to be fully vaccinated against COVID-19 by Jan. News: Local hospitals, health care workers facing deadline for COVID vaccine mandates The protesters urged passersby to honk their horns, adding to a raucous atmosphere. Most of them held signs, while others carried flags. More than 200 people lined Park Avenue West in Central Park for the event. I'm afraid of losing my freedom,' she said. Haley Hall spoke for many at Saturday's protest against vaccination mandates when she said she is willing to give up her job for her beliefs.

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