Brevard County Commissioners quickly tossed out a policy proposal Tuesday that would have required certain first responders to be vaccinated against COVID-19. Commissioner John Tobia had hoped to find some support for his proposal to require county employees with direct contact with vulnerable citizens to be vaccinated as a condition of their employment. “Firefighters were not drafted. They have options to go elsewhere,” Tobias argued during Tuesday’s meeting. “If they put their own concerns over that of the people they’re sworn to protect, then I encourage them to go elsewhere.” Tobia did not receive the support he’d hoped to find from fellow commissioners who expressed concerns about anything resembling a mandate. A number of first responders who spoke up for themselves at the meeting also made it clear they wanted that choice.