WABE’s Week In Review: Controversial Vaccine Mandates And The Fight Over A Police Training Center
Georgia Gov. Brian Kemp vowed legal action against any federal vaccine mandate on businesses.
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COVID, politics and the law all collided this week when President Joe Biden announced a plan to impose vaccine requirements on businesses. The move drew immediate pushback from Gov. Brian Kemp, who vowed legal action against the plan, despite the fact that Georgia’s low vaccination rates have filled hospitals, with 98 percent of all ICU beds are in the state in use.
This week, Grady Hospital canceled elective surgeries because it’s inundated with COVID-19 patients. Some other Georgia hospitals have also canceled elective procedures.
Atlanta City Council approves training center
The other big story this week was the approval by the Atlanta City Council of a controversial plan to build a training center for police and fire departments on city property in unincorporated Dekalb County. It passed by a vote of 10-4 despite outspoken opposition and 17 hours of public comment.
Councilmembers who supported it said the facility is needed for police morale. Those who opposed it say the approval process was not transparent enough.
20 years after 9/11
And U.S. Army Captain (Ret.) Dan Berschinski remembers the events of 9/11 all too well. He watched the towers fall on television while sitting in a high school classroom.
It inspired him to join the fight for his country and he served until 2009. That’s when an IED exploded in Afghanistan and severed both of his legs. He said he is relieved the war is over.
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