Australian professor and vaccine developer Nikolai Petrovsky faces losing his job after refusing to get one of the Therapeutic Goods Administration (TGA)-approved shots, the ABC reported. Petrovsky developed his own COVID-19 vaccine, called COVAX-19, through his company Vaxine, which has laboratories at Flinders University. It completed phase one trials in August last year and the Adelaide-based medical researcher has administered the vaccine himself. However, he now risks losing his job because, as of Nov. 1, workers in health care settings including both public and private hospitals must show proof of at least one COVID-19 vaccine to continue working, as per a government mandate. While Petrovsky said he is seeking an exemption to the mandate, he claimed he has received a “threatening” letter from Flinders Medical Centre, which is co-located with the university’s medical research labs, stating that he will be suspended from his role if he does not have a TGA-approved vaccine. “It says that as of yesterday all payments will be …