Thousands of Georgia health care workers are facing a Friday deadline to get vaccinated against COVID-19 or risk losing their jobs.
Half of metro Atlanta’s hospital systems set an Oct. 1 deadline for mandatory staff vaccinations, the Atlanta Journal-Constitution reports. Among them is Piedmont Healthcare, which told the newspaper only a minimal number of its full-time employees will not be vaccinated by the deadline, and their loss will have no impact on operations. Piedmont has more than 23,000 employees.
Other hospital systems with an Oct. 1 deadline are Emory Healthcare, which has more than 24,000 workers, and Wellstar Health System, with about 25,000 workers. The AJC said they did not respond to questions about the number or type of staff expected to leave because of the mandate.
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