A heart-wrenching process to fire a handful of San Francisco firefighters has been unfolding before the city’s fire commission. The reason? They are vaccination refusers.

The city mandated a year ago that by October 13, 2021, all its employees must be vaccinated against Covid-19 or risk losing their jobs. A medical condition or “sincerely held” religious belief might merit an exception in some cases. But that would not work for some jobs, such as first…