Looking for Compromise: Pennsylvania Health Heroes Face Consequences of Refusing Vaccine

FAYETTEVILLE, Pa.—Brandon Adkins wore his “Hero” t-shirt to an off-campus gathering of Wellspan Health workers who are eager to find a compromise to the impossible choice: get vaccinated or get fired. Not long ago, before the vaccine was developed, when more people were dying and the way COVID-19 spreads was less understood, healthcare workers like Adkins were called heroes for showing up to work despite the risks. They didn’t get raises, shorter or better hours, or certainty that they wouldn’t get sick or die; but some got t-shirts. Now they are being villainized for refusing to get vaccinated. Some 350 people, mostly Wellspan Health workers, gathered Monday under a pavilion at Norlo Park in Fayetteville, Pennsylvania, to organize and communicate as a group to find a way around President Joe Biden’s vaccine mandate requiring vaccination or termination for health care workers and those who work for any company with more …

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