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DC Police Union Fights Upcoming Vaccine Mandate

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DC Police Union Fights Upcoming Vaccine Mandate
A Metropolitan Police officer wears an N95 mask as he gets into a squad car near the George Washington University hospital in Washington, D.C., on March 31, 2020. Andrew Caballero-Reynolds/AFP via Getty Images
Sharyl Attkisson
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While Washington, D.C. ticks down on forced COVID-19 vaccination for government employees, the police union has filed a lawsuit to stop the mandates. It is also asking a judge to issue a temporary restraining order to freeze the march toward a Feb. 15 deadline.

According to documents, at least 528 members of the D.C. Police Union, or more than one in six, are unvaccinated; and a larger number are passing up boosters. Also revealed in the union’s legal filing: at least one-quarter of the union force has already tested positive for COVID-19 after getting the COVID-19 vaccine.
Sharyl Attkisson
Sharyl Attkisson
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Sharyl Attkisson is the New York Times bestselling author of “Stonewalled,” “The Smear,” and “Slanted,” a five-time Emmy Award winner, and the host of Sinclair’s national investigative television program “Full Measure with Sharyl Attkisson.” She is a recipient of the Edward R. Murrow Award for investigative reporting and has reported nationally for CBS News, PBS, and CNN.
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