Cops hate vaccine mandates, and the city leaders imposing them
Hands up, no shots
JOHN CATANZARA, president of Chicago’s police union, says he is no anti-vaxxer. He got his jabs some time ago. Yet the fiery union leader, who likes to post long monologues on YouTube to rally his troops, insists that his vaccination status is none of the city of Chicago’s business. On October 15th, under a mandate announced in August by Lori Lightfoot, the mayor, all city workers were meant to fill in an online form with their vaccination status. Those who are not vaccinated have to submit to twice-weekly testing for covid-19, at their own expense. If they do not supply their status, they will be put on unpaid leave. Mr Catanzara calls this “tyranny”.
This article appeared in the United States section of the print edition under the headline “Hands up, no shots”
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