The Choice For Workers At A Honolulu Care Facility — Get Vaccinated Or Get Fired …. The health care industry is grappling with how to handle employees who refuse to get vaccinated against COVID-19 as cases rise.
With the coronavirus pandemic showing no signs of ending, a senior living center in Kapolei mandated that all its employees get a COVID-19 vaccine by August or face termination.
That was bad news for Wendi Ortiz, certified nursing assistant at Ilima at Leihano, who is fiercely opposed to getting a shot but was denied a religious exemption.
“I’ll be terminated on August 7 if I don’t get vaccinated,” Ortiz said, adding that she doesn’t plan to change her mind.
