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US: 153 Hospital Workers Resign Or Fired Over Refusal To Receive Covid-19 Vaccine

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Houston Methodist Hospital in Texas

153 workers at a hospital in the US have resigned or were fired, after refusing a Covid-19 vaccine.

Houston Methodist Hospital in Texas, told its employees on 31st March, they had to be vaccinated by the 7th of June.

It was the first major healthcare system in the United States to make vaccinations compulsory.

The resignations & firings come 10 days after a judge dismissed a lawsuit against the hospital, by employees opposing a vaccine.

117 employees were involved in the legal action.

 

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