Monday, June 14, 2021

American Employers can ask for testing and vaccines of employees.

Vaccine resistance usually applies to the immune response of the body, not the cognitive decision-making of the person. The idea of vaccine resistance is a counterproductive measure to a better economy. If the vaccine resistance movement isn't vaccinated by the end of summer, they could be the next major wave of the COVID. If that occurs schools may not open and we can be back at square one in many instances.

This means cruise ships have every right to be as cautious as they need to be to protect passengers and employees.

June 12, 2021
By David Heath

Houston - In the first federal ruling on vaccine mandates, (click here) a Houston judge has dismissed a lawsuit by hospital employees who declined the COVID-19 shot – a decision that could have a ripple effect across the nation.

The case involved Houston Methodist, which was the first hospital system in the country to require that all its employees get vaccinated. U.S. District Judge Lynn N. Hughes ruled Saturday that federal law does not prevent employers from issuing that mandate.

After months of warnings, Houston Methodist had put more than 170 of its 26,000 employees on unpaid suspension Monday. They were told they would be fired it they weren't vaccinated by June 21.

The hospital had made it clear it meant what it said: It fired the director of corporate risk – Bob Nevens – and another manager in April when they did not meet the earlier deadline for bosses....