It turns out that, following Bill de Blasio mandating vaccines for New York teachers, 96% of them got vaccinated.
It's probably a stopped clock moment, but credit is due:
Last week, the deadline finally arrived for New York City public school employees to get vaccinated against COVID-19 or be placed on unpaid leave. The city’s mandate was far stricter than those being imposed in some other cities and states, as it did not give employees the option to be tested weekly in lieu of a shot. NYC’s educators simply have to get vaxxed if they want to keep collecting their salaries.
So, how’s it working out? Extremely well! When I wrote about New York’s vaccine push on Wednesday, 92 percent of teachers and 89 percent of the entire Department of Education workforce had been inoculated—not bad, but not quite ideal. Since then, however, thousands more doses have gone into arms: Compliance is now up to 96 percent among teachers and 95 percent among all employees, the New York Times reports today.
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I literally cannot think of the last time I wanted to stand up and applaud Bill de Blasio. But the oaf from Park Slope really deserves three cheers for using his lame-duck months to blaze an appropriately aggressive trail on this issue.
I feel the same way.
The real lesson for all this though is not, "Good for Bill de Blasio," but rather, "Strong vaccine mandates work."
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