Hochul, who took office last month after Gov. Andrew Cuomo left during a discussion, remarked while speaking with worshippers at the Christian Cultural Center in Brooklyn.
"Yes, I know you're vaccinated. They're the smart ones, but you know, there are people out there who aren't listening to God and what God wants. You know this. You know who they are," Hochul said.
"I need you to be my apostle. I need you to go out and talk about it and say, 'We owe this to each other. We love each other,'" she maintained.
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"Jesus taught us to love one another. And how do you show that love, but to care about each other enough to say, 'Please get vaccinated because I love you. I want you to live.'"
The governor's remarks came one day before a charge requiring healthcare workers to be vaccinated went into effect on Monday.
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State officials expect healthcare staffing shortages as the statewide mandate takes effect, NPR reports , assisting Hochul to publish a plan of action on Saturday, including the possibility of calling in the National Guard.
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"We are still in a battle against COVID to protect our loved ones, and we need to fight with every tool at our disposal," Hochul said.
Employees terminated for refusing to get inoculated will not be fit for unemployment benefits unless they get a doctor-approved exemption, according to the state labor department.
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According to data from the Finger Lakes Vaccine Hub, 63.1% of the eligible population in the region has completed the vaccine series, while 70.3% has at least one dose. Hospital leaders with the University of Rochester Medical Center said 99% of professional medical staff and 91% of all employees across the six UR hospitals were partially or fully vaccinated as of last Monday.
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Hochul attended a service at Harlem a few weeks ago and said something similar there: "Throughout the whole experience of the pandemic, a lot of people prayed to God. ... He inspired the smartest scientists and doctors and researchers to create a vaccine. God gave us that through men and women so we could be delivered from this pandemic. ... And all of you, have to be not just the true believers, but our apostles to go out there and spread the word that we can get out of this once and for all, if everybody gets vaccinated."
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