A Texas hospital is the first in the country to require COVID-19 vaccinations for its staff

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A Texas hospital is reportedly the first in the country to require COVID-19 vaccinations for its staff

A hospital system in Texas is now the first in the nation to mandate COVID-19 vaccinations for staff.So far, 89% of all 26,000 employees have complied and received a vaccine.The Houston Methodist system — made up of 26,000 employees across one medical center and six community hospitals — is the nation's first hospital system to require that all employees get vaccinated against the coronavirus. that Houston Methodist is mandating that all employees get vaccinated by June 7.

"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," he continued.So far, the mandate has been vastly successful, CBS News reported, with 89% of all Houston Methodist employees having received the vaccine.

 

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How about we test hospital staff twice a week instead?

Interesting, up to this point 50% of medical workers have refused the vaccine so let's see how this plays out.

InsiderNews Sounds like a great idea.

Very delicate debate. If we want to impose vaccination, we must be courageous and pass it as a law. Otherwise, if not validated by institutions, it can be considered as undercover discrimination.

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