Two Beverly Hills firefighters are suing over Los Angeles County’s mandate that healthcare workers be vaccinated against COVID-19. “The work of emergency first responders puts them on the front lines of patient care,” Keith Sterling, chief communications officer for the city of Beverly Hills, said in a statement. Some of those firefighters then got the vaccine but Sattley refused and was put on unpaid leave, according to the complaint. “I think this is irrevocably changing that, unfortunately.”He added that he’s grateful for the roughly 80% of Beverly Hills firefighters who have been vaccinated. Last week, a Superior Court judge denied a request by the Los Angeles Fire Department firefighters union for a preliminary injunction to delay enforcement of the city’s vaccine mandate.

Source: Los Angeles Times December 12, 2021 01:02 UTC