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(11,518 posts) Sat May 29, 2021, 07:51 PM May 2021

117 employees sue Houston Methodist hospital for requiring COVID-19 vaccine [View all]

Source: ABC News

Over 100 employees have joined a lawsuit against Houston Methodist hospital in Texas for requiring all employees to get the COVID-19 vaccine.

The network, which oversees eight hospitals and has more than 26,000 employees, gave workers a deadline of June 7 to get the vaccine. If not, staffers risk suspension and termination, according to the lawsuit.

As a result, 117 employees have joined a lawsuit filed Friday in Montgomery County that alleges the hospital is "illegally requiring its employees to be injected with an experimental vaccine as a condition of employment."

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The complaint cited that forcing employees to get the vaccine violates Nuremberg Code, a medical ethics code which bans forced medical experiments and mandates voluntary consent.

Read more: https://abcnews.go.com/US/117-employees-sue-houston-methodist-hospital-requiring-covid/story?id=77977011&cid=clicksource_4380645_1_heads_hero_live_hero_hed

Attorney Jared Woodfill is claiming that the hospital is forcing vaccinations to increase profits and is using employees as human guinea pigs.

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117 employees sue Houston Methodist hospital for requiring COVID-19 vaccine [View all] groundloop May 2021 OP

Right... A HOSPITAL cannot REQUIRE its employees to be vaccinated against COVID-19? DREAM ON hlthe2b May 2021 #1

This message was self-deleted by its author hamsterjill May 2021 #13

Wouldn't surprise me if next Mr.Bill May 2021 #27

Stupid is stilll....STUPID!!!! Stuart G May 2021 #52

What about Texas being a "right to work" state? AKA right to fire? moriah May 2021 #44

Yes!!! Your employer can REQUIRE you to get the Covid shots! US companies can REQUIRE Emplo Trueblue1968 May 2021 #35

Honestly. Did you really not read the sarcasm given my zillions of posts on the matter? hlthe2b May 2021 #45

Dumb bastards. CentralMass May 2021 #2

Two words that sum it perfectly. twodogsbarking May 2021 #43

Hundreds of millions of people have been vaccinated bucolic_frolic May 2021 #3

CDC needs to give full authorization to vaccines, no more "emergency BS" claims from idiots. winstars May 2021 #4

It isn't CDC that regulates vaccines. It will be FDA and they will in the next few months. hlthe2b May 2021 #6

The FDA approves and regulates Investigational New Drugs and Claire Oh Nette May 2021 #31

Right... winstars May 2021 #41

Understanding Employment At Will ruet May 2021 #5

Damned straight...... GOPers are all-in on these right wing policies when they hurt others groundloop May 2021 #10

+1 (although i do wish the fda would get on with that full authorization) nt orleans May 2021 #15

great post Evolve Dammit May 2021 #21

Gr8 one! Pas-de-Calais May 2021 #28

Plenty of other first-rate, fully vaccinated hospitals in Houston. (nt) Paladin May 2021 #7

These workers have an obligation to the public to not pass on the virus to their patients and their Yavin4 May 2021 #8

Exactly, they are violating PATIENT standard of care! SunSeeker May 2021 #40

Every time I get vaccinated, I ask for a jelly bean afterwards. Aussie105 May 2021 #9

Why should these few idiots get a jellybean for doing the right thing? groundloop May 2021 #11

Yep, I agree. Aussie105 May 2021 #17

The reward is getting to keep their job. HUAJIAO May 2021 #24

then they should be fired . i wouldnt go there . AllaN01Bear May 2021 #12

Jared Woodfill is a familiar name. area51 May 2021 #14

Load of steaming bullshit. Warpy May 2021 #16

I wonder how many of them are actual anti-vaxers who are generally against vaccines Sapient Donkey May 2021 #38

I'd hazard a guess that most are political Warpy May 2021 #48

Jared Woodfill is a well-known right-wing crank & pres. of Harris County GOP TomDaisy May 2021 #18

that being said, every last damn one of these employees needs to be fired TomDaisy May 2021 #19

it was the Texas GOP that made TX a right-to-work state (you can be fired at will) TomDaisy May 2021 #20

once the vaccines move beyond emergency approval this stunt will be over TomDaisy May 2021 #22

117 idiots weissmam May 2021 #23

Honestly I'm impressed ripcord May 2021 #25

Texas is a right to work state dlk May 2021 #26

26,000 Employees. they won't be missed. Scruffy1 May 2021 #57

I could see this lawsuit being dismissed, given the law dlk May 2021 #61

Those 117 need to find some other place to work than a hospital..geez!! PortTack May 2021 #29

Obviously the hospital needs to Turbineguy May 2021 #30

Fire them all. AverageOldGuy May 2021 #32

This isn't a human experiment Cicada May 2021 #33

117 former employees. sarcasmo May 2021 #34

Is the plaintiff's lawyer by any chance MTG? /s Jetheels May 2021 #36

Fire em Cryptoad May 2021 #37

As a teacher, I have to submit to a background check and have people probe to make sure I don't AZLD4Candidate May 2021 #39

Has your district required teachers to be vaccinated or risk being fired? MichMan May 2021 #46

Do you want your medical care professional to be at risk of passing a disease that can kill you? AZLD4Candidate May 2021 #49

They should. Elessar Zappa May 2021 #50

Considering I was fully vaccinated in January. . . AZLD4Candidate May 2021 #54

Would they agree also that surgeons should not be required to wash up before surgery? LiberalLovinLug May 2021 #51

This is a stunt. The hospital should have no trouble finding reasonable people who want jobs littlemissmartypants May 2021 #42

If you don't want to get vaccinated, sweetcakes, Jilly_in_VA May 2021 #47

It's a private company. As is, they are required to be vaccinated. FlyingPiggy May 2021 #53

Reassign them Griefbird May 2021 #55

This! They have no business working in a hospital if they won't get vaccinated. Initech Jun 2021 #66

Zuckerberg needs to be hung out to dry for this anti-vaxxer bullshit. Initech May 2021 #56

In most cases I don't think workers should be forced to be vaccinated. NH Ethylene May 2021 #58

No one is being forced. inthewind21 Jun 2021 #65

These people are obviously too stupid to be hospital employees anyway. Vinca May 2021 #59

You don't get to work around vulnerable people if you are too stupid to get it Marrah_Goodman May 2021 #60

Roughly One In 235 ProfessorGAC May 2021 #62

She's Leading the Fight Against Mandatory Vaccines in Texas. She Also Happens to Be a Nurse. dalton99a May 2021 #63

There are dumbass doctors like Rand Paul, Mysterian May 2021 #64

experimental my ass cadoman Jun 2021 #67