Oakland-based health care provider Kaiser Permanente had just over 2,200 employees on unpaid administrative leave as of Monday because they were not vaccinated from COVID-19, Kaiser officials said.
The company told its employees Aug. 2 that they would have to be vaccinated. Seventy-eight percent of employees and doctors were vaccinated then. Now, the company says 92 percent are vaccinated.
Employees must get vaccinated and return to work by Dec. 1 to stay with Kaiser, company officials said.
Last year, Kaiser Permanente had 280,000 employees across eight states and Washington, D.C.
Kaiser officials have contingency plans in place in case some employees choose to stay unvaccinated. The plans include the possibility of hiring temporary workers.
The number of Kaiser Permanente employees who are vaccinated is growing daily, according to the company.
Company officials said they are working with unvaccinated employees to allay concerns and educate them about the benefits and risks of the vaccine.
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So they worked everyday and risked their lives when we had no vaccine but now we cast them aside. Doesn’t seem Kosher to me.
I agree with you! Our essential front line workers are being kicked to the curb…where’s the outrage?
And I bet if we had a vaccine when hospitals were over flowing and people were getting rejected because of everything. They would have taken the vaccine.
Follow the money!!!
Thanks for nothing comrade biden and newscum. Capital letters for their names omitted on purpose; it’d be a waste to capitalize their names
Healthcare workers are being treated like our Veterans. They were in the line of fire front and center in the thick of this pandemic and now this is their thank you.
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Bingo!
Perfect analogy.
I’m old enough to remember when healthcare workers were heroes.
Could not have said it better myself.
Perfectly said.. sad and pathetic
THIS.
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This should tell everyone about the Devasting impacts this poison shot has had & what they have witnessed.
Hopefully MANY will come forward with their stories.
Remember, it’s NOT a HIPAA violation if they aren’t mentioning patients names.
The true HIPAA violation is Anyone inquiring about your vaccination status.
Exactly!!!
Instead of questioning why so many healthcare workers are against taking the vaccine, they throw them under the bus and are firing them for not taking it.
They’re not giving any religious or medical exemptions either.
Naturally immune don’t matter either.
It’s the healthcare workers and EMTs who know exactly what’s happening to patients who have received the vaccine.
Many are unable to fill out the VAERs reports cause it takes so long.
They’re seeing all kinds of vaccine related injuries but they’re being silenced.
I have an unpopular opinion on this situation. Frontline workers (specifically healthcare) put their lives in danger during this pandemic, they worked tirelessly caring for their patients in hospitals that were beyond capacity. Now that there is a vaccine that significantly reduces the number of Covid infected people from having to be admitted to the hospital (which is a positive) these same health care workers refuse to get vaccinated (what irony). I see this as a money issue and not as a mandated vaccine issue. These workers (by not getting the vaccine) put their patients at risk for Covid. If an employee does not like the requirements of the employer they have the freedom to quit and find employment elsewhere.
Probably not, after all they worked last year without a vaccine. They have the technical knowledge to know the real story on what these virus and vaccines are doing to people. It’s time for this pandemic charade to end. The truth day by day is coming out but you won’t find it on MSM nor a Google search. They’re in on it. History will show this was probably one of if not the darkest time in the history of the world.
Clearly stated.. however, can you help me understand why a vaccinated employee who can still spread this to their patient can keep their jobs but and unvaccinated one can’t? They both spread it…
@TTD
Not true. Both vaccinated and unvaccinated can get and pass Covid. Neither group is putting patients more at risk more than the other.
@Sad and 32NK – yes, I know that both vaccinated and unvaccinated people can spread/get Covid; however, the majority of those that are vaccinated and get Covid are not in the hospitals; thus, alleviating the strain on the overworked health care worker which is a plus for the hospital employees. If people are required to be vaccinated to attend indoor events, eat inside, attend school, etc than why should hospital employees be any different.
@32NK… Exactly! Whos to say that vaccinated employee A wont pass it to B or B wont pass it to A.. you never know who will pass it.
@TTD,
Haha, I hope you’re squeezing your horn when you type because that’s what clowns are supposed to do. Somehow these workers figured out pre-vaccine how to care for patients without infecting said patients with the China virus, but you think that will now somehow not be the case. If anyone was getting infected it was the WORKERS being infected by the patients, so take guess what that means? DING, correct, they have NATURAL IMMUNITY THROUGH PRIOR INFECTION which is stronger/lasts longer than your leaky vaccine… but of course the authoritarians are completely ignoring natural immunity and just pretending it’s not a thing.
And yeah, it’s just a “money issue”, totally explains why people are willing to give up their chosen profession, that’s some solid clown logic, almost as solid as whining about crowded hospitals but then advocating to fire qualified, experienced workers for reasons that have zero to do with health or “THE SCIENCE”.
@TTD
I understand the point you are trying to make, but at some point people need to be responsible for their own choices. If you choose not to get vaccinated, for whatever reason, you take on the good and the bad that comes with that, and vice versa. I don’t agree that we should be requiring vaccination to attend indoor events or eat indoors and I definitely don’t think we should be firing people who have reservations about it. Could vaccination for kids in school be required at some point? Sure, but this vaccine is new and time is needed to ensure it’s safe. Considering everything we seen over the last 18 months, I don’t trust that these health experts and politicians have good intentions or our best interest at heart. That’s reason enough for many to have second thoughts and want more information and they shouldn’t be punished or shunned for it.
@32NK – well said. Nice to read a written response that provides a different opinion without name calling.
Always find it interesting.
If COVID is so dangerous and the pandemic so severe, you would want as many medical professionals as possible. Therefore, let them work
If COVID is not that serious and you can afford to lose the staff, why force the vaccine? Therefore, let them work.
The major arguement I have heard is to protect patients. That argument doesnt hold water since:
1. Even leftist and liberal media affirms that vaccinated folks can carry, and transmit the virus.
2. The majority of transmissions are by those “exhibiting symptoms” – I beleive the fever and cough are the “biggies” – you have those, your chance of spreading is higher.
Therefore – the solution is, you show symptoms you take a sick day and stay home. At worst, you get a test after – not a fan of this procedure, and most definitely not every 3 days (thats unrealistic and I believe punitive for those that chose not to be vaccinated – its punative based on cost and time suck).
Overall – seems like a solid plan. What are the generally accepted practices to ensure the flu doesn’t spread in a hospital? Maybe just do that…and you would be fine.
Finally – if someone comes in with COVID and is not vaccinated, why is ivermectin and hydroxychloroquine not viable options to treat? Overall, when folks I knew were diagnosed with COVID (some with vaccine and some without) they were all told to go home, take Vitamin C, zinc, and get some rest…It was literally what they were told for a cold or flu…soooooo….maybe we start focusing on how to treat those once they have it since we already have a vaccine that is showing mixed results (seems effective, there are side effects, loses efficacy later on, but we are still working through it)
Seems like a better solution than firing your nurses and Dr’s.
When one door closes, another door opens. Doctors, nurses, medical assistants, technicians, and most other hospital workers are qualified to get a job anywhere. On the downside, some patients may lose their medical provider because of this.
Wait until they find out it is the vaccinated who are a) spreading the virus more frequently and b) at much higher risk of dying than the unvaccinated. The data on this is already clear (see: Israel) and it won’t be but a month or two before it is completely undeniable.
The benefits and risks of employment: Benefit is you get the job; Risks you don’t follow company rules you can be reprimanded or fired. For those who say corporations (including so called non-profits) have the right to say what to expect from employees, there is no reason to complain. For others who think corporations, including the so called non-profits, think the corporations have no rights over their employees should join unions and force corporations to do what you think is best.
Mandating the vaccine as a condition of employment seems like a bridge I don’t think we should be crossing, but also not one I’d give up my gainful employment over.
Seems like a great time to fire a bunch of health care professionals. Because we’re in a pandemic. How logical.
Kaiser was on the front lines for OBAMA. They spearheaded the EPIC system (computer health care system) which is now the system used to tie the major healthcare providers. You have a chart in John Muir? Sutter? It links to Kaiser and visa versa. They were the recipient of funding from the feds then later, Obamacare. They became one of the largest recipients of contracts via Obamacare roll out. Of course their hand is in the feds cookie jar with their first roll out of the Kaiser Advantage program, which gave way to other HMOs to roll out their own. Advantage locks you into the Kaiser system as a medicare recipient. Kaiser “accepts assignment” and you must get all your care through Kaiser….yes its all about the bucks. I am waiting for the feds to roll out a Medicare Vaccine mandate in order to receive Medicare…think about it, its next. They already hit the VA…no choices…mandates….no care without the jab..think about it. Nazi Germany rolled out the same thing before full blown train cars and isolation.
How can a vaccine that is still under EUA be a mandate? Comirnaty was approved, not Pfizer. How this isn’t a huge uproar is mind blowing..
@sad it is the same thing. Just a brand name. Look it up
https://www.comirnaty.com
Correct. There is currently no FDA approved vaccines available.
Cominraty is not available. This isn’t an accident. It’s not like the Pfizer’s laser printer went down and they can’t print new labels that say say “Cominraty”. This is a tactic to shield themselves from legal liability.
When thousands of medical professionals resist the jab, that should be an obvious sign that the virus and the poison jabs are nothing good for the people in any way. All who accuse those who have resisted this scam of being conspiracy theorists are now silent as the theories are happening before their eyes.
“And the things that we fear are a weapon to be held against us” – Neil Peart
I don’t believe in vaccine mandates in general, but I believe in them for healthcare workers. If you’re not willing to be vaccinated as a healthcare worker, you’re in the wrong profession. You’re a hypocrite.
The conditions of employment should not change during the course of employment. If Kaiser, or any other organization, want to mandate a vaccine, it should be stipulated at the time of employment. People that have put in 10, 15, or even 20 years, are now at risk of losing their livelihood. Some of them may be too old to get another job, and some of them may even become homeless.
You just contradicted yourself. You obviously do believe in vaccine mandates because you want to force healthcare workers to take the vaccine.
My degree is in the health field and I had to stop applying to health related jobs because of this tyrannical mandate.
We very much believe in science and the science says that those who have natural immunity have a very unlikely risk of getting COVID-19 again versus those who are fully vaccinated.
The science tells us that there is NOT enough research to show that the vaccine is effective.
Whatever your line of work is, are you being forced to get the vaccine or lose your job?
Why should any profession be forced?
They’re now going to force children of all ages to get it thanks to Newsom, but teachers don’t have to because they donated tons of money to him.
Teachers shouldn’t have to get it.
Kids shouldn’t have to get it.
First responders and military shouldn’t have to get it.
Healthcare workers shouldn’t have to get it.
NOBODY should be forced to get it.
Period.
This is the land of the free because of the brave.
We are losing our freedoms.
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Setting aside your clown logic about hc workers should HAVE to inject themselves with an experimental leaky vaccine, which one vaccinated with such CAN STILL CATCH/SPREAD the China virus, let’s move on to natural immunity: if one has natural immunity, which means they’ve got the antibodies and that immunity is stronger/lasts longer than the “vaccines”, why does that not suffice, why does it not satisfy the ridiculous requirement of which you are a proponent?
I am fully vaccinated. But the refusal of so many in the medical profession to get the vaccine makes one Wonder if some of the worries and concerns about long-term effects are really valid after all. Let’s be honest we’ve all been pushed and scared into getting the vaccine when the statistics show that 92% of people recover nicely from covid. Stats also show the most deaths are in unvaccinated people but they had other conditions too.
Just wondering.
You can get a ‘D-dimer’ blood test, it detects blood clots at a microscopic level.
Allegedly there’s 4 types of each shot & one of them is saline.
I wished “death” on nobody, yet there’s probably 100’s of vids of the fooly vaccinated who want Death for those who are waiting…….and the irony – the shot killed them!
Remember that the regime was illegally installed by a fraudulent election enabled by the mass hysteria in the media regarding covid
The mass hysteria must continue so that the regime can “reimagine” or “build back better” society along the lines of a one party dictatorship which will most importantly codify into law the fraudulent voting practices from 2020
the regime is constantly creating crisis so as to fuel their narrative that society is not functioning there are fake news stories planted everyday so that the narrative is reinforced Rush called it the “daily soap opera”
To them there is something wrong if people are just going to work starting businesses and families and living normal lives!
The progressives have a mental disorder caused by exposure to the mass hysteria regarding COVID, race issues, trannies, climate change, Trump J6 Russia Russia Russia etc
The old Dem party was not controlled by insane ideologues
If this group cannot moderate themselves it can only lead to breakdown of federal system into blue and red zones or states
Spot on! Resist the fear mongers!
If the virus is still that bad and transmittable by both vaxxed and unvaxxed then they shut down all events again. No more 40k+ at golf tournaments, 80k+ at college football games, 50k+ at the baseball playoff games. And that is just sports.
I’ve not been scared into getting the vaccine and I sure as hell wont be pushed into it.
Its true there are thousands of highly qualified medical professionals who have called for caution against universal vaccinations, but the flaming left has an agenda in silencing them and any others who dare question.
The article does not state “medical professionals” it states “employees”. These employees could be doctors, nurses, etc; however, they could also be, office workers, maintenance people, etc. I would more likely listen to the doctors and actual healthcare workers who have first hand knowledge of the vaccine then other Kaiser employees (office workers, etc who have no medical background).
From Healthcare heroes to Healthcare zeroes.
Forcing healthcare workers to get the vaccine or else you get fired is absolutely absurd.
No account for natural immunity, religous exemptions, etc.
My degree is in the health field and I had to stop applying to health related jobs because it became a requirement.
So my for my degree….
I’m glad that many healthcare workers are protesting this tyrannical mandate.
Keep it up, you’ve got a ton of support!!!
Careful folks. Not good to assume the majority of the 2000 + are front line. Kaiser is a big org and many are actually not front line. They range from office and mobile workers. Not in the med facilities. The majority of the front line workers were vaccinated a long time ago – first thing when the shots were ready. All employees were given a choice and remember this, we would not be where we are now if people got vaccinated. I’m not even talking about those that are anti vaccine. There many folks that procrastinate about many things in life saying to themselves, “it won’t happen to me”, or “I still have time”. And, well, I know 3 people who can’t come back from the dead to recognize they should have gotten the vaccine. Heart breaking. It’s difficult to read the political attacks here, to be frank. Have some compassion, for everyone and everything.
Darwin’s Law is going to have a field day with all the nutty answers in this topic.
Forget about Herd Immunity, it is going to be rampant Herd Thinning.
Wow. Just wow. Like the latest Dumbest & Dumberest.
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