Monday, March 15, 2021

"Hell no."

 That's the response from over half of Florida's corrections officers when asked whether they would get the COVID vaccine.  Sigh....

From CBS4:

A Florida correctional officer polled his colleagues earlier this year in a private Facebook group: "Will you take the COVID-19 vaccine if offered?"

The answer from more than half: "Hell no." Only 40 of the 475 respondents said yes.
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At FCI Miami, a federal prison in Florida, fewer than half the facility's 240 employees had been fully vaccinated as of March 11, according to Kareen Troitino, the local corrections officer union president. Many of the workers who refused had expressed concerns about the vaccine's efficacy and side effects, Troitino said.
In January, Troitino and FCI Miami warden Sylvester Jenkins sent an email to employees saying that "in an act of solidarity," they had agreed to get vaccinated and encouraged staff to do the same. "Even though we recognize and respect that this motion is not mandatory; nevertheless, with the intent of promoting staff safety, we encourage all staff to join us," the Jan. 27 email said.
Only 25 employees signed up. FCI Miami has had two major coronavirus outbreaks, Troitino said: last July, when more than 400 prisoners out of 852 were suspected of having the disease, and in December, when about 100 people were affected at the facility's minimum-security camp.

8 comments:

  1. Anonymous11:20 AM

    What else do you expect from Trump troglodytes?

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    1. Anonymous12:35 PM

      You think all Fed COs are Trumpsters? Maybe they fear a return of Tuskegee experiments...

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    2. Anonymous2:05 PM

      How ignorant. of course only a white liberal male defense attorney has the privilege to make such a statement across the board of all CO’s

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  2. Anonymous12:06 PM

    For what its worth, Trump was vaccinated. This shouldn't be politicized.

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  3. The statistician in me is complaining about survey design.

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  4. Everyone knows most corrections officers have lower IQ's than other LEOs....

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    1. Anonymous2:07 PM

      Everyone knows most lawyers that pass the bar are not mensa candidates either Mr. Elitist.

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  5. Anonymous12:32 PM

    Heard Ft. Pierce USDC chambers member has Covid... wonder how that will effect things up there in those close quarters....

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