Healthcare workers facing vaccine deadlines

All of the healthcare systems in the Charlotte area are requiring workers to be vaccinated against COVID-19 as a condition of their employment. This week, 175 Novant Health employees were let go for not getting the shots. That’s out of 35,000 total employees, and less than 1% of their staff. “Our sacred responsibility is to make sure people are not harmed when they come into our facilities and the way we do that is to put every barrier up that would protect them,” Priest said. Novant Health gave employees until Sept. 15 to be at least partially vaccinated. 99% of its workforce was compliant and leaders for the health system said the mandate is in place to better protect the communities they serve. “We've been in a deadly pandemic for 19 months," Priest said. "There are 680,000 Americans who have died. We cannot contribute to that number, not a single time." READ MORE: https://www.wcnc.com/article/news/hea...