These frontline workers, he insisted, were the "first people out there" during the pandemic. Senator (and doctor) Roger Marshall (R-Kans.) brought this up again in his press conference for the GOP's new bill to exempt essential employees from the federal vaccine mandates. People in stuck elevators are going to be stuck there for hours if not days."Īnd for what, most employees want to know? A majority of first responders have already had the virus, and yet their natural immunity continues to count for nothing. Heart attack victims are going to be laying on the floor longer. "There are heart attack victims that are going to be out of the window of survivability if a normal response would have been eight to six minutes goes and becomes 15 to 20 minutes. That's bad news for the people of New York, who suffer - on average - 65 serious fires, 1,400 life-threatening medical emergencies, and 80 heart attacks every day.įDNY Firefighters Association President Andrew Ansbro was asked point-blank, "Will people die?" Well, he replied, if the city is short-handed and you increase the response time for any of these emergencies, the answer is yes. And yet, Monday's arbitrary deadline for city employees is closing firehouses, delaying trash pickups, and putting fewer cops and ambulances on the streets. I doubt New Yorkers care about the vaccine status of the person applying defibrillators to their chest," he argued.
"The firefighters who are unable to work have all been tested within the week and are not COVID positive. Nicole Malliotakis (R), who fumed, "If someone dies due to a slower emergency response, it's on Bill de Blasio and his overreaching mandates!"Ĭouncilman Joe Borelli agrees, saying the mayor's order defies common sense. The department's Jim Long, who was sent to put out the PR fire, tried to reassure people that the closings weren't permanent, and that some stations were just "temporarily out of service." That did little to comfort leaders like Rep. Those feelings were mutual at FDNY headquarters, where spokesmen tried to tamp down the fears that this mandate will literally cost people their lives. "We're going to toast like marshmallows," he warned.
Vinny Argo, who lives across the street from one of the 26 closed fire stations, looked at Brooklyn Engine Co. While Mayor Bill de Blasio (D) insists that he isn't having " second thoughts" about the dictate, plenty of locals are. Firefighters, ambulance drivers, police, and even waste management employees will have to prove they've been at least half-vaccinated or be forced into unpaid leave. On the calendar, it's All Saints Day - but in cities across America, it's "all shots day." As vaccine mandates kick into effect in places like New York, the morning everyone was dreading is here.
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