A Texas hospital system will require employees to get the Covid-19 vaccine

[McBell]

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.

"As health care workers we must do everything possible to keep our patients safe and at the center of everything we do," Houston Methodist CEO Dr. Marc Bloom told employees in an email obtained by CNN. "By choosing to be vaccinated, you are leaders -- showing our colleagues in health care what must be done to protect our patients, ourselves, our families and our communities."

Employees have until May 3 to apply for exemption for religious or medical reasons. If their request is denied, they're expected to get vaccinated before the June deadline.
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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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Other links:

Houston hospital threatens to fire workers who refuse COVID-19 vaccine

Houston Methodist will fire employees who don't get COVID vaccine | khou.com

Houston Methodist says it will fire workers who refuse to take COVID vaccine​

 

[The Hammer]

Sounds good to me. Especially in the healthcare setting.

 

[McBell]

Memorial Hermann Health System, a non-profit hospital system that serves greater Houston, will mandate vaccines for its employees, too, the health system said in a statement to CNN.

There's no deadline for vaccination yet, but it will occur around the time its hospitals relax some other Covid-19 prevention measures like social distancing and masking, the statement read.

Houston Methodist, Baylor College of Medicine and Memorial Hermann all require employees to get vaccinated against other infectious diseases, including seasonal flu, hospital leaders told CNN and Houston's Chron.com has reported.

Several colleges, including Duke, New York University and schools within the University of California system, are mandating vaccines for students to return to campus in the fall. Public and private universities already require students to be vaccinated against diseases like mumps and measles.
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A Texas hospital system will require employees to get the Covid-19 vaccine and could fire them if they don't comply​

 

[Valjean]

You mean there are hospitals that don't require vaccinations?
When I worked in a hospital I had to get both hepatitis shots, annual flu shots and TB testing.

 

[sun rise]

I like the idea very much.

I can hear the whining much much louder than a large rocket taking off.

I hope they're going to use medical records and not rely on easily fakeable cards. Because that too will be tried.

 

[Polymath257]

Good. The same should go for school employees and restaurant workers.

 

[Revoltingest]

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.

"As health care workers we must do everything possible to keep our patients safe and at the center of everything we do," Houston Methodist CEO Dr. Marc Bloom told employees in an email obtained by CNN. "By choosing to be vaccinated, you are leaders -- showing our colleagues in health care what must be done to protect our patients, ourselves, our families and our communities."

Employees have until May 3 to apply for exemption for religious or medical reasons. If their request is denied, they're expected to get vaccinated before the June deadline.
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A Texas hospital system will require employees to get the Covid-19 vaccine and could fire them if they don't comply​

Other links:

Houston hospital threatens to fire workers who refuse COVID-19 vaccine

Houston Methodist will fire employees who don't get COVID vaccine | khou.com

Houston Methodist says it will fire workers who refuse to take COVID vaccine​

Damn capitalists....always crushing the rights of the rabble.

 

[SigurdReginson]

The hospital I work at doesn't require the covid vaccine... Everyone just gets it because we work around covid patients. It's just the smart thing to do.

 

[Shadow Wolf]

You mean there are hospitals that don't require vaccinations?
When I worked in a hospital I had to get both hepatitis shots, annual flu shots and TB testing.

That's how it was with me as a case manager. They even gave us the flu shot, TB test, and first hepatitis shot during orientation.

 

[shunyadragon]

Damn capitalists....always crushing the rights of the rabble.

Let natural selection of those getting COVID-19 take care of the rest.

 

[shunyadragon]

The hospital I work at doesn't require the covid vaccine... Everyone just gets it because we work around covid patients. It's just the smart thing to do.

By far most employees at Duke Hospital where I work have been vaccinated. I do not believe Duke Hospital considers it mandiatory.

 

[Subduction Zone]

Good. The same should go for school employees and restaurant workers.

As a former waiter I protest!!

Just kidding. There are all sorts of public service jobs where vaccinations should be required. Covid19 is a high risk disease. Depending on the job and the risks involved there are other vaccines that should be required. For example restaurants can also pass on Hepatitis B. I do not see why those vaccines should not be required as well. Of course if a business requires vaccines they should be willing to pay for them when there is a cost to pay.

 

[Twilight Hue]

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.

"As health care workers we must do everything possible to keep our patients safe and at the center of everything we do," Houston Methodist CEO Dr. Marc Bloom told employees in an email obtained by CNN. "By choosing to be vaccinated, you are leaders -- showing our colleagues in health care what must be done to protect our patients, ourselves, our families and our communities."

Employees have until May 3 to apply for exemption for religious or medical reasons. If their request is denied, they're expected to get vaccinated before the June deadline.
​

A Texas hospital system will require employees to get the Covid-19 vaccine and could fire them if they don't comply​

Other links:

Houston hospital threatens to fire workers who refuse COVID-19 vaccine

Houston Methodist will fire employees who don't get COVID vaccine | khou.com

Houston Methodist says it will fire workers who refuse to take COVID vaccine​

It makes me wonder if the employees are all mandated to get the vaccine, should patients and visitors also be held to those same mandates?

 

[Subduction Zone]

It makes me wonder if the employees are all mandated to get the vaccine, should patients and visitors also be held to those same mandates?

Probably not. And for good reason. The average person is not at the same risk to spread the disease. If you only see ten people a day you are a much lower risk to spread the disease than if you see one hundred people a day.

 

[Twilight Hue]

Probably not. And for good reason. The average person is not at the same risk to spread the disease. If you only see ten people a day you are a much lower risk to spread the disease than if you see one hundred people a day.

Does frequency really make a difference in terms of vulnerability?

Patients are exposed by just being there overnight and visitors often make frequent visits.

 

[Subduction Zone]

Does frequency really make a difference in terms of vulnerability?

Patients are exposed by just being there overnight and visitors often make frequent visits.

We are not talking about vulnerability. We are talking about dangers to others. How can you not know the risks of Covid by now? The disease is very dangerous because it is slow onset quite often. A person can have it for days and be spreading it without realizing it. That is why a waiter that can easily see a hundred people in a day is a far greater risk than a person that only sees one.

 

[Twilight Hue]

We are not talking about vulnerability. We are talking about dangers to others. How can you not know the risks of Covid by now? The disease is very dangerous because it is slow onset quite often. A person can have it for days and be spreading it without realizing it. That is why a waiter that can easily see a hundred people in a day is a far greater risk than a person that only sees one.

Some people are not in a hospital for days. Some for months, even years.

 

[McBell]

Some people are not in a hospital for days. Some for months, even years.

Let us say you are patient in a hospital for a full year.
How many people do you estimate you are in contact with during that year?

Now let us say you are waiter for a full year.
How many people do you estimate you are in contact with during that year?

 

[Subduction Zone]

Some people are not in a hospital for days. Some for months, even years.

What? This is a very strange reply.

Do you not understand how this disease is spread? Once again people tend to be asymptomatic early on in their infection. This appears to be when most of the cases are spread. The obviously ill are rarely out in public. A waiter is far more of a threat because if one catches the disease he or she will see far more people daily then a recluse that only goes to the grocery store occasionally does. And then there is the nature of their contact with other people too. The recluse is apt to get only close to a cashier that is behind a plastic shield. A waiter is going to be up close and personal and handling your food.

This should not be that hard to understand.

 

[Subduction Zone]

Let us say you are patient in a hospital for a full year.
How many people do you estimate you are in contact with during that year?

Now let us say you are waiter for a full year.
How many people do you estimate you are in contact with during that year?

He also has the reasoning backwards. He is thinking that we want waiters to get vaccinated for their protection. Though that is part of it, it is far more important to get waiters vaccinated for the protection of others. If one is vaccinated the odds of being a "superspreader" are greatly reduced. An unvaccinated waiter could easily become a superspreader.