The Conversation Opinion: All that tough talk over quitting jobs over a COVID vaccine mandate is really just idle threats Last Updated: Sept. A Texas hospital is being sued by 117 employees. 117 employees at Houston Methodist are suing the hospital over a law requiring they receive the COVID-19 vaccine. More and more hospitals and major health systems are requiring employees to get the Covid-19 vaccine, citing rising caseloads fueled by the Delta. A new poll of University of Cincinnati Medical Center found that out of the nurses who responded, 30% said they would quit their job if the hospital finalized the COVID vaccine mandate.Naruto reacts to scp fanfiction Can you study two courses at the same time in the philippinesHairstyle consultant near sari mazandaran province USA Today, "Fact check: Federal law does not prevent states, businesses, employers from requiring COVID-19 vaccines," May 25, 2021 Equal Employment Opportunity Commission, "EEOC Issues Updated COVID-19 Technical Assistance," May 28, 2021. NPR, "153 Hospital Workers Quit Or Were Fired Because They Refused To Get COVID Vaccines," June 22, 2021.In Texas, Houston Methodist Hospital, which has some 26,000 employees, saw 153 employees quit or fired over the vaccine requirement after the June 7 deadline to get the shots.Of those, 26 were nurses.Healthcare workers and others rally Monday, Aug. On Monday, several nurses said they were unclear what the mandate means for those who refuse. Vaccines are how we end this pandemic.".As COVID-19 vaccine mandates go into effect in various states and hospitals across the country, a small percentage of healthcare workers are quitting in protest. Some states, like New York, are mandating the shot for healthcare staff, too. The shortage of staff comes as some hospitals and healthcare facilities are mandating COVID-19 vaccines for their staff.Since the pandemic began, as the ER's charge nurse, she has treated and interviewed covid-19 patients about their symptoms, and now, their vaccination status. UCMC agreed to negotiate a vaccine policy with the nurses’ union, but the. Of 456 nurses surveyed, 136 said they would leave over a vaccine mandate. A survey at the University of Cincinnati Medical Center (UCMC) finds that 30% of nurses would quit their jobs if the hospital mandates COVID-19 vaccines, the September 1 Dayton Daily News reports.Lewis County Health System CEO Gerald Cayer announced at a press conference on Friday that Lewis County General Hospital will be “unable to safely staff” its maternity department. A hospital in upstate New York will stop delivering babies later this month after 30 staffers quit in protest of the facility’s COVID-19 vaccine mandate.Healthcare employees – doctors, nurses, admin, first-responders – deserve the same right to bodily autonomy and non-coerced medical decision-making as do their patients. “Healthcare workers, including those already fully vaccinated, oppose this mandate because no Mainer should have medical decisions forced on them to keep their jobs.to the health care provider's COVID-19 vaccine mandate during a protest Thursday. Gundersen nurse leads protest of staff vaccine mandate, 85% of employees inoculated.