RACINE — There are workers being let go from local hospitals for refusing to get vaccinated against COVID-19, but they’re a tiny minority. There have been no large-scale staff shortages documented at hospitals anywhere in the U.S. due to health professionals refusing to get vaccinated.
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Employees at Ascension All Saints protested Ascension Health's strict vaccine requirement in front of the hospital along Spring Street on the morning of Aug. 23. At right is Licensed Practical Nurse Teresa Lucas. To the left of her is Mary Bendix, who works in housekeeping at the hospital and brought her son to the protest. The deadline for Ascension employees to get vaccinated was Friday, Nov. 12.
PHOTOS AND VIDEO: Getting vaccinated at Festival Hall
Free parking near Festival Hall for those getting vaccinated
Vaccinations at Festival Hall
A Gateway Technical College nursing student guides those looking to be vaccinated behind a privacy curtain.
Temperature check
All of those who arrive to be vaccinated at the City of Racine Public Health Department's vaccine clinic at Festival Hall have their temperatures taken upon check-in.
Vaccinations at Festival Hall
Cleaning before the needle
At right, Huyen Le, a University of Wisconsin-Parkside nursing student, cleans the arm of Cindy Evans of Racine before giving Evans her second COVID-19 vaccine shot on Friday at Festival Hall.
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Vaccinations at Festival Hall
Retired Racine Firefighter Nick Hemple volunteers his time Friday morning, helping Cindy Evans (at right) and others get vaccinated at Festival Hall on Friday.
Vaccinations at Festival Hall
Roxanne Shuebel receives her second COVID-19 vaccine dose from Huyen Le, a University of Wisconsin-Parkside nursing student, on Friday, April 26, at Festival Hall.
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Trapp Goldbourne after getting his first dose
Candies and stickers for the vaccinated
Vaccinations at Festival Hall
Gateway Technical College nurses-in-training pose with Professor of Nursing Dr. Gabriel Cotto at the City of Racine Public Health Department's COVID-19 vaccination clinic Friday at Festival Hall.
Larry Bannister
Larry Bannister, a retiree now living in Racine, leaves Festival Hall on Friday after receiving his second COVID-19 vaccine dose. Bannister made use of a wheelchair, which he said he uses when he knows he'll be moving extensively due to the long-term effects from polio, which Bannister survived as a boy.
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Vaccinations at Festival Hall
Cindy Evans of Racine, at left, listens to instructions from Huyen Le, a University of Wisconsin-Parkside nursing student, before getting her second COVID-19 vaccine shot on Friday at Festival Hall.
Reporting from the Associated Press and from Kelly Meyerhofer of Lee Newspapers are included in this story.
