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Why these Oregonians are willing to lose their jobs by refusing COVID-19 vaccines - OregonLive

Why these Oregonians are willing to lose their jobs by refusing COVID-19 vaccines - OregonLive

Why these Oregonians are willing to lose their jobs by refusing COVID-19 vaccines - OregonLive
Oct 16, 2021 2 mins, 20 secs

“The only way we can stop the spread of COVID-19 for good is through vaccination,” she said.

Lyubov Orlov-Ganchenko, a dental hygienist of 17 years, was “surprised and appalled” when Brown announced the vaccination mandate.

Orlov-Ganchenko said she now plans to work in a different profession -- one that likely pays far less – because her Oregon hygienist license isn’t good in Florida and she doesn’t want to re-enroll in classes and take her board exams again.

Orlov-Ganchenko acknowledges she could have stayed in Oregon and tried to keep her job by seeking an exception to the mandate.

But Orlov-Ganchenko said she wasn’t willing to lie by claiming vaccination is against her religion.

Although the mRNA technology used to develop the Pfizer-BioNTech and Moderna vaccines is decades old, Orlov-Ganchenko said she’s uncomfortable that it’s been just over 18 months since the first COVID-19 vaccine dose was administered to the first trial recipients.

Lyubov Orlov-Ganchenko, a dental hygienist, said she needs to find a new job in her new home state of Florida.

She said she’s allergic to 32 things – and once developed breathing problems after a flu shot – and doesn’t think public health officials have been forthcoming about the extent of side effects and deaths.

He believes the development of the COVID-19 vaccines was rushed and he’s opposed to Brown’s mandate that he must be fully inoculated as a correctional officer at the Snake River Correctional Institution in eastern Oregon.

“I got COVID because of my job,” Hicks said.

Hicks is one of six plaintiffs in a federal lawsuit filed last month by Oregon workers who’ve all previously been infected with COVID-19 and argue they shouldn’t be subject to the governor’s vaccination mandate.

An Israeli study conducted when the delta variant was dominant this past summer appeared to show that natural immunity might provide better protection than full vaccination with the Pfizer-BioNTech vaccines.

If Hicks is fired, he said he’s not sure what he’ll do for a living.

Hicks said maybe he’ll try to get hired by the Malheur County Sheriff’s Office, which doesn’t fall under the state’s vaccination mandate.

“It’s just a kick in the face,” Hicks said.

it’s a huge red flag as a professional,” said Sanders, 50.

Sanders said she has natural immunity from a previous infection.

Opposes COVID-19 vaccination mandates?

“I went to school for a long time,” said Sanders, who is part of a different lawsuit challenging Oregon’s vaccination requirements.

Living in a county where 76% of adults are fully vaccinated, the second-highest rate in the state, Sanders said she’s heard from friends or acquaintances who disagree with her decision against vaccination

“I was a 2020 hero because I showed up to work each day,” Sanders said

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