A hospital in Houston, Texas, has suspended 178 of its staff members who have refused to abide by its mandate that employees be fully vaccinated.
Protesters wave at cars during a forced vaccine protest at Houston Methodist Baytown Hospital in Baytown, Texas, on June 7, 2021.A Houston, Texas, hospital has suspended 178 of its staff members who have refused to abide by its mandate that employees be fully vaccinated by Monday.
There are 285 unvaccinated employees who received a medical or religious exemption, and another 332 who were granted deferrals. “I feel like they kind of bullied us into this little corner like you have to do it or you don’t have a job. This is my only source of income,” Rivera said.A lawsuit was filed by 117 employees at the end of May against the hospital, which argued that Covid-19 vaccines were “experimental” and that Houston Methodist could not force an employee “to accept an FDA unapproved vaccine on penalty of termination or other sanctions.
Jared Woodfill, the attorney who filed the lawsuit in Montgomery County, said he intends to file with the state court. Woodfill maintains that the hospital violated the law by requiring its employees to take a vaccine that has not received full approval and that his clients are threatened with termination following the suspension.
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