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HOUSTON (AP) â Jennifer Bridges, a registered nurse in Houston, is steadfast in her belief that it s wrong for her employer to force hospital workers like her to get vaccinated against COVID-19 or say goodbye to their jobs. But that s a losing legal argument so far.
In a stinging defeat, a federal judge bluntly ruled over the weekend that if employees of the Houston Methodist hospital system don t like it, they can go work elsewhere.
âMethodist is trying to do their business of saving lives without giving them the COVID-19 virus. It is a choice made to keep staff, patients and their families safer. Bridges can freely choose to accept or refuse a COVID-19 vaccine; however, if she refuses, she will simply need to work somewhere else, U.S. District Judge Lynn Hughes wrote in dismissing a lawsuit filed by 117 Houston Methodist workers, including Bridges, over the vaccine requirement.
Hospital employees going to court over required COVID vaccinations
Nurses and others being told get a shot or lose their jobs.
Posted: Jun 14, 2021 7:34 PM
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HOUSTON (AP) Jennifer Bridges, a registered nurse in Houston, is steadfast in her belief that it s wrong for her employer to force hospital workers like her to get vaccinated against COVID-19 or say goodbye to their jobs. But that s a losing legal argument so far.
In a stinging defeat, a federal judge bluntly ruled over the weekend that if employees of the Houston Methodist hospital system don t like it, they can go work elsewhere.
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Demonstrators at Houston Methodist Baytown Hospital in Baytown, Texas, this past week wave at cars that honk at them to support their protest against a policy that says hospital employees must get vaccinated against COVID-19 or lose their jobs. A federal judge dismissed their lawsuit, saying if workers don’t like the rule, they can go find another job.
Yi-Chin Lee, Houston Chronicle via the Associated press
FILE - In this June 7, 2021, file photo, people march past Houston Methodist Baytown Hospital in Baytown, Texas, to protest against a policy that says hospital employees must get vaccinated against COVID-19 or lose their jobs. A federal judge dismissed their lawsuit, saying if workers don’t like the rule, they can go find another job.