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HOUSTON, Texas A hospital system in Houston is requiring all of its employees to get vaccinated against Covid-19, making it one of the first major hospital systems in the US to mandate vaccination among employees and move to fire them if they don’t comply.
Houston Methodist, a network of eight hospitals that has 26,000 employees, said it will require every employee to provide proof of vaccination by June 7.
If employees aren’t vaccinated before the June deadline, they’ll be suspended, without pay, for two weeks. If they’re not vaccinated within that suspension period, the company will “initiate the employee termination process,” according to the company’s new HR policy, implemented this month.
A Texas hospital system will require employees to get the Covid-19 vaccine and could fire them if they don t comply
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Demand for the COVID vaccine is dropping and doctors said it could lead to a bigger problem. Author: Stephanie Whitfield Updated: 10:35 PM CDT April 25, 2021
HOUSTON COVID-19 cases and hospitals have plateaued in Texas, but some health officials are concerned the combination of vaccine hesitancy and emerging variants will cause cases to start rising again.
Doctors with the Memorial Hermann Health System said the models they watch project COVID-19 cases, hospitalizations and deaths will continue dropping in Texas as we head into summer. However, Dr. Annamaria Macaluso Davidson said that will only happen if people continue to get vaccinated.
“As there’s more hesitancy and folks are not getting the vaccine, we see that plateau a little bit,” Davidson said.