COVID vaccine mandate process resumed by Western New York VA

Patients at the Batavia VA are already dealing with the challenges of staffing shortages. John McCune says he has trouble finding just the two nurses he needs to get out of bed. "We had to wait until they could potentially find someone to come down to our unit," McCune said. And now they're worried it will get worse. Unvaccinated health care workers at the Batavia and Buffalo VA's have started to receive letters, saying they need to get vaccinated or they'll be reassigned or terminated. "I'm scared, very scared, for myself and my fellow veterans on what it's going to look like," McCune said. When cases were skyrocketing last summer, President Joe Biden announced federal workers must get the COVID vaccine. If they didn't have an approved, reasonable accommodation, they would lose their job. A VA spokesperson says the goal of the mandate is to increase vaccinations so patients and employees are safer. https://www.wgrz.com/article/news/hea...