They face being sacked if they haven't been vaccinated by June 21
More than 170 staff at a group of hospitals in Houston, Texas have been suspended for refusing to get a vaccine after being asked to by company bosses.
Company CEO Marc Boom set an initial deadline of June 7 for all staff, except for those who are exempt, to get vaccinated and said that the organization needs to set an example and protect patients. ‘We only wish them well and thank them for their past service to our community, and we must respect the decision they made.’
The policy has since resulted in protests outside one of the healthcare provider’s hospitals in Houston and has led to a lawsuit being filed by more than 100 of the system’s staffers. Bridges said she had refused to comply because she’s concerned that the vaccines have not been ‘fully’ approved by the Food and Drug Administration – a process that tends to take two years and involves clinical trials – despite the jabs having received official authorization for emergency use.
While the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has said the government does not have a vaccination mandate, it did say that ‘for some healthcare workers or essential employees, a state or local government or employer, for example, may require or mandate that workers be vaccinated as a matter of state or other law’.
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