The official placed on leave, Dr. Raul Pino, the Florida Department of Health's director in Orlando, sent his staff an email on Jan. 4 noting their low vaccination rate and urging them to get shots, according to Orlando's WFTV. Pino had an analyst pull vaccination data for his employees, WFTV reported.
The Florida Department of Health said it was conducting an inquiry to determine if any laws were broken. "As the decision to get vaccinated is a personal medical choice that should be made free from coercion and mandates from employers, the employee in question has been placed on administrative leave," the department said in a statement.
In the Jan. 4 email, Pino said he had pulled vaccination data for his 568 active employees, and that less than half had two doses while only 14% had their booster, according to WFTV. "I am sorry but in the absence of reasonable and real reasons it is irresponsible not to be vaccinated," Pino wrote.
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