Episode 1395 • • 39:22 - 48:46
1395: Inflation Demon
Police Vaccine Mandates, Labor Resistance and Chicago Politics
Thousands of police officers and firefighters in New York City and Chicago are resisting vaccine mandates, with many facing unpaid leave for non-compliance. Chicago Mayor Lori Lightfoot and Fraternal Order of Police President John Catanzara have engaged in a public standoff over the "dictatorship" of the mandate. Despite claims that COVID-19 is the leading cause of death for officers, data analysis of the Chicago Police Department suggests the actual death rate among the 12,000-person force does not statistically justify an emergency mandate.