{"id":28091,"date":"2021-09-22T20:32:31","date_gmt":"2021-09-23T00:32:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/videonewsservice.net\/?p=28091"},"modified":"2021-09-22T20:32:31","modified_gmt":"2021-09-23T00:32:31","slug":"batavia-local-healthcare-workers-protest-vaccine-mandate","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/videonewsservice.net\/index.php\/2021\/09\/22\/batavia-local-healthcare-workers-protest-vaccine-mandate\/","title":{"rendered":"BATAVIA\/Local healthcare workers protest vaccine mandate"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter size-large is-resized\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"28092\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/videonewsservice.net\/index.php\/2021\/09\/22\/batavia-local-healthcare-workers-protest-vaccine-mandate\/20210922_174632\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/videonewsservice.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/20210922_174632-scaled.jpg?fit=2020%2C2560&amp;ssl=1\" 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https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/videonewsservice.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/20210922_174632-scaled.jpg?resize=237%2C300&amp;ssl=1 237w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/videonewsservice.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/20210922_174632-scaled.jpg?resize=768%2C974&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/videonewsservice.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/20210922_174632-scaled.jpg?w=2020&amp;ssl=1 2020w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/videonewsservice.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/20210922_174632-scaled.jpg?w=1800&amp;ssl=1 1800w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 808px) 100vw, 808px\" \/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Local residents who work in the healthcare field gathered at Rt. 5 and Rt. 63 on Wednesday afternoon to protest vaccine mandates at their workplace.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">&#8220;Most of us are people in the medical field who are going to lose our jobs over this, we just want people to be informed,&#8221; said Jo Coburn, a Functional Medical Coach Practitioner in Batavia.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">LINK <a href=\"https:\/\/www.timesunion.com\/state\/article\/Negotiations-intensify-as-New-York-s-vaccine-16479894.php?IPID=Times-Union-HP-CP-Latest-News\">Negotiations intensify as New York&#8217;s vaccine mandate approaches (timesunion.com)<\/a> Link <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Link<a href=\"https:\/\/www.whec.com\/rochester-new-york-news\/fed-judge-extends-halt-on-nys-vaccine-mandate-for-certain-health-care-workers-to-oct-12\/6244507\/\"> Fed judge extends halt on NYS vaccine mandate for certain health care workers to Oct. 12 | WHEC.com<\/a> Link<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>State-run hospitals and facilities include:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>SUNY Stony Brook<\/li><li>SUNY Upstate<\/li><li>SUNY Downstate<\/li><li>Long Island Veterans Home at Stony Brook<\/li><li>Helen Hayes Hospital<\/li><li>SUNY College of Optometry<\/li><li>Montrose Veterans 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