A Texas judge dismissed a lawsuit against Houston Methodist Hospital over its policy that mandated all staff needed to be vaccinated against COVID-19 or face suspension.
A small group of hospital workers were fighting their employer’s vaccine mandate.
In her five-page decision issued Saturday night, U.S. District Judge Lynn Hughes rejected the plaintiffs' complaint that the COVID-19 vaccines were unsafe. "Bridges does not specify what illegal act she has refused to perform, but in the press release style of the complaint, she said she refuses to be a 'human guinea pig,'" Hughes wrote."Receiving a COVID-19 vaccine is not an illegal act."
At the end of the June deadline, 24,947 hospital employees -- 96% -- had been vaccinated, according to a spokesperson for Houston Methodist. There werefor not getting their shots in time, and they will have until June 21 to get one vaccine shot before they are terminated, the spokeswoman told ABC News on Sunday.
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