Judge backs Houston hospitals decision to fire people without vaccine

USA today via yahoo

While I took the vaccine, and I will also say I think it is foolish for most people outside of children to refuse them, I find this somewhat problematic.

EUA is how these vaccines are approved currently. These vaccines are not fully approved by the fda.

I know of many hospitals mandating flu vaccines and other vaccines, but these are fully fda approved vaccines.

Biden said they wouldn't be mandatory

While some would say that this is not making the vaccine mandatory, just a requirement for employment, a better argument would be government statement versus private business. And government shouldn't be able to tell businesses how to act, except we know that's not how liberals act.

While I am not a lawyer, seeing as this is not fully approved, I would say the workers have the right to refuse.

I think this is setting a dangerous precedent, especially if it is upheld.

While I don't consider this dangerous, could employers mandate risky behavior by employees? Especially if these institutions take massive amounts of government money?

And the decision will be appealed.

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In recent weeks, a few other major hospitals have followed Houston Methodist's lead, including the University of Pennsylvania, University of Louisville, New York Presbyterian and several major hospitals in the Washington, D.C. area.
Houston Methodist's CEO Marc Boom predicts more hospitals soon will join the effort. Many hospitals and employers were waiting for legal clarification before acting.

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We can now put this behind us and continue our focus on unparalleled safety, quality, service and innovation," Boom said after the ruling. "Our employees and physicians made their decisions for our patients, who are always at the center of everything we do."
The lawsuit was filed by 117 workers led by Jennifer Bridges, a nurse at Houston Methodist's Baytown hospital who declined the vaccine because she considers it experimental and dangerous. The judge disagreed, writing: "This claim is false, and it is also irrelevant."

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So if the claim was true would it still be irrelevant?

Can the hospital make mandate risky vaccines as arequirement for employment?

I find the judges ruling concerning. Is he an Obama appointee? Liberal Houston appointee?

This is obviously going to open up the floodgates on these requirements if upheld.