Colorado health care system fires 119 unvaccinated workers

DENVER (AP) — A Colorado health system fired 119 employees for not adhering to its vaccine requirement without a religious or medical exemption. UCHealth spokesperson Dan Weaver said Tuesday that the fired workers account for less than 0.5% of the company’s of their 26,500 employees around the state. UCHealth employees had until Oct. 1 to be vaccinated against COVID-19 or apply and receive an exemption.  Weaver says the employees who were terminated are welcome and encouraged to re-apply if they receive one of the three approved COVID-19 vaccinations. UCHealth is a nonprofit health care system with 12 hospitals.