Five fatal medical incidents involving firefighters since December have prompted FDNY unions to demand that the department explore possible links between the deaths and so-called long COVID or the vaccine.
The UFOA wants the department to also hire an independent epidemiologist to review the deaths, three of which were reported by the Fire Department because they happened on duty and two that were not.
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