U.S. epidemic prevention measures continue to cause controversy, vaccine orders are frequently blocked
In the United States, due to the politicization of the epidemic and the chaotic or even misleading information sent by the federal government at the beginning, many epidemic prevention measures approved by public health experts continue to cause controversy. According to a number of US media reports on the 27th, in New York and other places in the United States, the police and the front-line emergency department of the fire protection department are still obstructed in their policy of compulsory vaccination.
The US government issued new crown vaccination regulations last month, requiring federal government employees and employees of contractors who do business with the federal government to be vaccinated. New York City Mayor De Blasio announced last week that all police, firefighters and other municipal workers in New York City must be vaccinated against the new crown by the end of this month and early next month, or they will be given unpaid leave. However, many police and firefighters opposed mandatory vaccination, and even joined the protest crowd in the demonstration earlier this week. On October 25, the largest police union in New York City also sued the court for a suspension of the mandatory vaccination order, but this request was rejected by the judge on the 27th. The union subsequently stated on social media that they would appeal. The New York City Firefighters Association is currently seeking to extend the mandatory vaccination period.
Including the police, many people in all walks of life in the United States are reluctant to get vaccinated. In response to this phenomenon, Joshua Schaffstein, deputy dean of the Bloomberg School of Public Health at Johns Hopkins University, once commented that the United States is severely divided on the issue of vaccination and that vaccines have also been politicized, leading to Many people do not see the value of vaccines to save lives. He said that what the U.S. government needs most now is to “change the minds of many people.”
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