Collected Item: “Southern NM County Mandates COVID-19 Vaccine for First Responders Including Sheriff's Deputies”
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Southern NM County Mandates COVID-19 Vaccine for First Responders Including Sheriff's Deputies
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This article discusses a recent mandate from the Dona Ana County government, which is seated in Las Cruces, New Mexico, that orders all its first responders to submit to vaccination. To my knowledge, this is the first such mandate in the United States, and it illuminates the relative lack of control first responders have over their lives once they enter their respective profession. The order is likely to be contested, particularly when such requirements have not historically been a condition on employment, The order reads in part, "Being vaccinated is a requirement and a condition of on-going employment with the County due to the significant health and safety risks posed by contracting or spreading COVID-19." The order applies to all paid personnel in the county's law enforcement, fire, detention, and medical professions.
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police, cop, law enforcement, detention, correction, officer, mandate, vaccine, vaccination, LEO, New Mexico Narratives, Vaccine Stories, Dona Ana County, Las Cruces, New Mexico, order, employment, labor, unemployment
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https://www.officer.com/covid-19/news/21208463/southern-nm-county-mandates-covid19-vaccine-for-first-responders-including-sheriffs-deputies
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Algernon D'Ammassa
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2021-02-02