Hospital Staffing Concerns Prevent New York From Enforcing Covid Booster Mandate

Many medical professionals nationwide are outright refusing to take the Covid-19 vaccine.

This has reportedly triggered shortages all over the country as many healthcare workers have quit altogether when faced with the harsh realities of medical tyranny.

A staffing crisis in hospitals due to these ill informed and draconian Covid policies has terrible optics politically, and the state’s Covid-19 narrative has all but turned to dust—no one but the staunchest left-winger now believes them.

The pressures coming from all sides have become critical and have reportedly led to New York officials declining to enforce the Covid-19 booster mandate for healthcare workers.

Such a move comes too little too late, and comes off as obviously political due to the upcoming primaries this year.

Could it be that Democrats see the writing on the wall and a potential red wave in 2022?

Read these reports and come to your own conclusions:

Under pressure from healthcare providers, myself, and many other elected officials, the New York State Department of Health announced this afternoon that it would not be enforcing a booster shot mandate for healthcare workers that was scheduled to start on Monday.

— Congresswoman Tenney (@RepTenney) February 18, 2022

On Monday, New York will begin requiring healthcare workers to receive a booster shot against COVID-19 or lose their jobs. I OPPOSE this order.

Governor Hochul’s vax mandate has already hurt our local hospitals. It’s time to end these mandates, not double down on them.

— Congresswoman Tenney (@RepTenney) February 18, 2022

NTD News provided more coverage:

“The reality is that not enough healthcare workers will be boosted by next week’s requirement,” said Dr. Mary T. Bassett, the state’s health commissioner, adding that officials cannot immediately enforce the mandate because it could create “substantial staffing issues.”

“That is why we are announcing additional efforts to work closely with healthcare facilities and ensure that our healthcare workforce is up to date on their doses,” Bassett said.

 

If the state of New York can waive its booster mandate for healthcare workers in order to avoid a staffing crisis, it can waive its vaccine mandate for the same reason. Hochul destroyed 10s of thousands of careers for no medical or scientific reason.

— Bob Lonsberry (@BobLonsberry) February 18, 2022

New York has become the latest state to delay a mandate for healthcare workers to receive Covid-19 vaccine boosters after warnings that the rule would worsen existing staffing shortages https://t.co/wisK6E4jcB

— The Wall Street Journal (@WSJ) February 19, 2022

WKTV had more details:

Gov. Kathy Hochul pointed to a troubling rise in breakthrough infections when she announced the mandate in January.

Her administration set a deadline of Feb. 21. But state health commissioner Mary Bassett said Friday that the decision to drop enforcement of the mandate reflects the reality that booster rates remain low, particularly in nursing homes.