![]() ![]() If 60k employees get the shot, and half of them lose a day of work, thats 30k days of work. United Airlines had planned to place about 2,000 employees on unpaid leave for seeking an exemption from its vaccine mandate, but a federal judge in Texas is temporarily putting that plan on hold. Facebook warns growth decelerate significantly mandates update. Health-care systems in rural areas of Virginia, where there is generally more vaccine resistance, are being hit harder by an employee exodus over mandates than urban and suburban hospitals, which. ![]() Meanwhile, pilots at Southwest and American Airlines have also gone to court to try to block their employers' vaccine mandates, citing - among other concerns - that the vaccine's side effects could make them medically unable to fly. NPR's David Schaper reports.ĭAVID SCHAPER, BYLINE: In order to fly a commercial jetliner, pilots like American Airlines' Dennis Tajer must repeatedly meet strict physical fitness standardsĭENNIS TAJER: About every six months for a captain like myself, we have to go through a physical and, of course, report any issues if we have had any since our last physical. SCHAPER: Tager is a spokesman for American's pilots union, and he's one of about 10,000 American Airlines pilots who are fully vaccinated. (Reuters) -Facebook Inc said on Wednesday it expects revenue growth in the third and fourth quarters to decelerate significantly, sending the social media giant’s shares down about 5 in extended trading. TAJER: Some of our pilots - we have about 4,000 - are holding off on it because many are concerned about long-term effects of the vaccine. ![]() SCHAPER: The pilots' unions at both American and Southwest note that the FAA prohibits pilots from flying for 48 hours after getting a COVID vaccine shot because of potential short-term side effects, including fever, aches and other flu-like symptoms. Tager says some pilots are concerned there could also be long-term side effects that could cause them to fail their physicals and lose their medical certification. SCHAPER: But numerous medical experts say such concerns are completely unfounded.ĪNTHONY FAUCI: Right now, on the basis of literally hundreds and hundreds and hundreds of millions of vaccinations that we've had, the safety of these vaccines have been clearly established TAJER: Because once you lose your FAA medical, you're not flying. SCHAPER: White House Chief COVID-19 medical adviser Dr. Pilots chatting in front of an American Airlines. Anthony Fauci.įAUCI: I'm sure there is a very, very, very, very rare exception, but the long-term effects are really essentially nonexistent. Unions representing American and Southwest Airlines pilots say a vaccine mandate could cause a staff shortage and disrupt travel, reports say. SCHAPER: And Fauci says the short and long-term effects of getting sick with COVID-19 are much more career threatening.įAUCI: Getting COVID is far, far worse than getting vaccinated for absolutely certain. SCHAPER: And it should be noted that pilots are already required to get other vaccines, especially those who fly internationally. ![]()
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