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First responders and medical transport workers in Alameda County will be required to be fully vaccinated against COVID-19 before Christmas, after the county’s health officer issued a new order on Tuesday.
By Dec. 21, all law enforcement and firefighters in Alameda County, those who provide 9-1-1 ambulance or non-emergency medical transport, and people who enter high-risk health care facilities must be fully vaccinated.
Those not vaccinated by then must continue to wear face masks while around patients or residents and undergo weekly testing for COVID-19. A booster shot is not required to be fully vaccinated right now. Employers can also require workers to be fully vaccinated and not provide a test and mask option for them.
In a statement, the Alameda County Public Health Department said, “Due to the nature of their professions, these workers are at high-risk for spreading COVID-19 to patients in their care, to older and medically vulnerable residents, and to staff at these health care settings.”
“COVID-19 vaccines are proven to be safe and effective at preventing severe illness and death,” officials said. “While a fully vaccinated person may contract the virus that causes COVID-19, vaccinated persons are less likely to be infected and those who do test positive for COVID are infectious for a shorter time, reducing the chances that a vaccinated person will spread the virus to others.”
County officials are “strongly” encouraging “every eligible person to get fully vaccinated as soon as possible, especially with the winter and holiday gatherings approaching.”
COVID-19 vaccine boosters are recommended for residents 65 and older, and people who are medically vulnerable or at high-risk for exposure or severe illness. Flu and COVID-19 vaccines can be administered at the same time, officials said. They also noted that the Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine was recently approved for use in children 5 to 11 years old.
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“ COVID-19 vaccines are proven to be safe and effective at preventing severe illness and death,” officials said. “While a fully vaccinated person may contract the virus that causes COVID-19, vaccinated persons are less likely to be infected and those who do test positive for COVID are infectious for a shorter time, reducing the chances that a vaccinated person will spread the virus to others.”—-This is absolutely misinformation. They have no science, data, or other evidence to make this claim. Shame on them.
“Vaccinated people are just as likely as unvaccinated people to spread the delta variant to contacts in their household, a yearlong study found”
https://twitter.com/business/status/1453772598504919041
If I were in dire need of a First Responder, I’d rather an unvaccinated one show up, rather than no First Responder at all.
“While a fully vaccinated person may contract the virus that causes COVID-19, vaccinated persons are less likely to be infected and those who do test positive for COVID are infectious for a shorter time, reducing the chances that a vaccinated person will spread the virus to others.”
This factual and backed by numerous studies. The Alameda County Public Health Department is correct, and this is good policy.
Good policy! Here is just one data point. There are many many more.
https://www.cdc.gov/media/releases/2021/s0806-vaccination-protection.html
I wonder who you are listening to if you are still doubting the effectiveness of vaccines. Joe Rogan or whatever his name is? Who is this guy and what are his qualifications?
Are you listening to Fox? Even they have a strict vaccination policy at Fox. They just want you to watch for ratings.