Those figures include departures that occurred before the county mandate was in place. AdvertisementBut he provided no specific evidence that employees have quit or retired early because of the vaccine mandate other than saying: “People are not happy with the vaccine mandate. He told reporters Tuesday that “the collective risk does not justify this type of an intrusion.”He said 15 Sheriff’s Department members have died of COVID-19. As of last week, 1,843 Sheriff’s Department employees were seeking a medical or religious exemption to the vaccine and 2,327 were not vaccinated. Villanueva’s recalcitrance in the face of the vaccine mandate stood in sharp contrast to the position staked out by LAPD Chief Moore.

Source: Los Angeles Times November 04, 2021 11:34 UTC