Hospitals Hit With Protests After SayingEmployeesMust Be Vaccinated:'Stop Vax Bulling

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Hospitals Hit With Protests After Saying Employees Must Be Vaccinated: 'Stop Vax Bullying'
Natalie Colarossi - Sunday


Hospitals throughout the country have been recently hit with protests, as some health care systems have begun requiring employees to be vaccinated against COVID-19 or risk termination of employment.

More than 100 people gathered in rallies across Iowa and Michigan on Saturday to protest COVID-19 vaccine mandates, chanting slogans such as "stop vax bullying," "my body, my choice, the land of the free," and "mandates belong in socialist countries," among others.

In Iowa, several Republican state lawmakers, including Representative Jeff Shipley and Senator Dennis Guth, gave speeches against required inoculation. During his speech, Shipley called vaccine mandates "a crime against humanity," while Guth said Iowans would become "mindless cattle" if "we don't stand up for freedom," the Des Moines Register reported.

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Brei Johnson of Informed Choice Iowa, which organized the rally, told the Register that she believes vaccinations should be discussed between a health professional and patient, rather than a condition of employment.


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"You can take off a mask but you can't undo a vaccine. That's a slippery slope to what comes next," Johnson said.

In Michigan, protesters – including several hospital workers – gathered outside of a hospital in Grand Rapids Saturday and held signs that said "No mandatory experimental jabs," and "COVID vaccine makers have zero liability."

Both demonstrations took place following the announcement that some local and national hospital systems will begin requiring employees to be vaccinated against COVID-19.

Earlier this month, Trinity Health, a nationwide health care system with more than 90 hospitals and care facilities, announced that all of its employees will be mandated to get the vaccine as coronavirus cases continue to rise due to the Delta variant.

Trinity Health employs over 117,000 people across 22 states, including several hospitals in both Iowa and Michigan. According to a statement from the company, the health system estimated that nearly 75 percent of its employees had already received at least one dose of the vaccine prior to the July 8 mandate.

Now, all employees must submit proof of inoculation by September 21, with some exemptions for religious or health reasons, or else face termination of employment.

"We feel it is important that we take every step available to us to stop the spread and protect those around us-especially the most vulnerable in our comm.................

Do you ever wonder why so many of these career medical people are refusing to that the shot???
Stop and think-- are they --all-- crazy....
Or are there valid reasons to not take the shot... hmmmmmm..
That people are choosing to lose their livelihood, their careers over it, put themselves and their families into dire financial distress..
Just maybe they know something, understand something that you are missing-that you are refusing to see or else refusing to believe.....-Tyr

[LongTermGuy]

Do you ever wonder why so many of these career medical people are refusing to that the shot???
Stop and think-- are they --all-- crazy....
Or are there valid reasons to not take the shot... hmmmmmm..
That people are choosing to lose their livelihood, their careers over it, put themselves and their families into dire financial distress..
Just maybe they know something, understand something that you are missing-that you are refusing to see or else refusing to believe.....-Tyr

[Gunny]

It is not "vax bullying" to require medical professionals who have to deal with the illness du jur to be vaccinated against it. That's just plain common sense. Hospitals are public facilities where sick people go.

If I owned a damned taquiera my employees could get vaccinated or find another job. It's that simple. Sorry, but politics takes a back seat to public health.