A March 2021 survey by the Kaiser Family Foundation found that health care workers had concerns about the vaccines’ newness and their possible side effects, both of which are common reasons for waiting to be vaccinated.īy Monday evening, dozens of Houston Methodist employees had gathered outside the hospital system’s location in Baytown, Texas, holding signs that read “VAXX IS VENOM” and “Don’t Lose Sight Of Our Rights.” Vaccine hesitancy has been high among frontline health care workers: Surveys showed that nearly half remained unvaccinated as of mid-March, despite being among the first to become eligible for the shots in December. approval for the shots as a reason she won’t get vaccinated.
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Jennifer Bridges, a nurse who led the Houston Methodist protest, has cited the lack of full F.D.A. Some companies say they are wary of setting mandates until the vaccines have received full approval by the Food and Drug Administration, which so far has granted emergency use authorization. While the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention recommends health care workers get a flu shot, and some hospital systems require it, few companies have required Covid-19 shots, despite federal government guidance that says employers can mandate vaccines for on-site workers.Įxecutives, lawyers and consultants who advise companies say that many of them remain hesitant because of a long list of legal considerations the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission says must be followed before mandating vaccinations. Last month, 117 Houston Methodist employees filed a lawsuit against their employer over the vaccine policy. The hospital, Houston Methodist, had told employees that they had to be vaccinated by Monday or face suspension.
Their suspensions followed a protest by dozens of workers on Monday night against the policy. Nearly 200 staff members at a Houston-area hospital were suspended for not following a policy that requires employees to be vaccinated against Covid-19.
ward at Houston Methodist Hospital in Texas in July 2020.
Medical staff working on a patient in the Covid-19 I.C.U.
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