Frustration is building among some first responders who are still waiting to receive the COVID-19 vaccine. Relief, however, may be on the way.
Since the beginning of the pandemic, Fond du Lac Fire Rescue has transported more than a hundred patients who had confirmed cases of COVID-19.
“Some long haul transfers from our hospital here in Fond du Lac down to Madison and Milwaukee. We’re in a confined space for over an hour with a patient who is known to be COVID positive. We want to make sure our rescue workers have every bit of safety that they can have,” says Fond du Lac Fire Rescue Chief Peter O’Leary.
But three weeks after the first doses of the vaccine arrived in Wisconsin, Fond du Lac Fire Rescue has yet to see any of its nearly 70 members vaccinated, even though as first responders, they fall into the CDC’s 1-A priority group. The fire chief telling Action 2 News he hasn’t even been given of timeline of when to expect to see the shots.