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DPH staff and public urged the Health Commission to reconsider vaccine-exemption denials
Summary
Multiple DPH employees told the Health Commission their religious and medical exemptions to the city vaccine mandate were denied, said they were placed on administrative leave, and asked the commission to reconsider accommodation processes; commissioners and DPH acknowledged the comments but did not change policy at the meeting.
During the public-comment period, several Department of Public Health employees and community members urged the Health Commission to reconsider aspects of the city’s COVID‑19 vaccine mandate and the department’s exemption process.
Caller Novia, who identified herself as a DPH employee of 17 years, said she had been placed on administrative leave after a religious-exemption request was denied and asked why the city would not accommodate her. “My religious exemption was denied…
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