FDNY union leader requests probe into
possible correlation between recent department
deaths and COVID vaccines
Posted By: Ribicon, 2/19/2022 8:12:27 PM
An FDNY union leader wants the department to investigate whether three recent firefighter deaths resulted from city-mandated COVID-19 jabs. The request from Uniformed Fire Officers Association President Jim McCarthy comes the line-of-duty deaths of Lt. Joseph Maiello, 53, who was found dead in a Staten Island firehouse after a Christmas shift, and Firefighter Jesse Gerhard, 33, who died at his firehouse in Far Rockaway after a medical episode Wednesday. McCarthy wants the FDNY to include in its vaccine probe the death of Probationary Firefighter Vincent Malveaux, 31, who died Dec. 2 at the FDNY Training Academy on Randall’s Island after suffering a medical episode
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