A hospital system in North Carolina just fired 175 people for refusing to comply with their vaccine mandate:
WAPO – A North Carolina-based hospital system announced Monday that roughly 175 unvaccinated employees were fired for failing to comply with the organization’s mandatory coronavirus vaccination policy, the latest in a series of health-care dismissals over coronavirus immunization.
Novant Health said last week that 375 unvaccinated workers — across 15 hospitals and 800 clinics — had been suspended for not getting immunized. Unvaccinated employees were given five days to comply.
Novant Health spokeswoman Megan Rivers tweeted Monday that almost 200 of the suspended workers, including those who had submitted approved exemptions, received their first dose by Friday. The hospital confirmed that the rest of the suspended employees who did not comply were fired, although the exact number of those dismissed was not specified.
“We stand by our decision to make the vaccine mandatory as we have a responsibility to protect our patients, visitors and team members, regardless of where they are in our health system,” Novant Health said in a statement. “We couldn’t be prouder of our team members who made the choice to receive the covid-19 vaccine and remain part of our team at Novant Health.”
The heroes of the pandemic are now the new villains because they won’t get the jab. Amazing.
As Jedediah Bila asks, how many of these 175 already had the antibodies and are naturally immune from having had COVID?
How many of them are naturally immune and got that immunity by working face to face when many of us had the luxury of working from home?
Shameful what’s happening. https://t.co/DftZKLNkx1— Jedediah Bila (@JedediahBila) September 30, 2021
You know, it’s not like we need more nurses and hospital workers at a time when hospitals are being overrun with patients. 😵💫