{"id":80094,"date":"2021-08-23T11:56:02","date_gmt":"2021-08-23T15:56:02","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/stateofthenation.co\/?p=80094"},"modified":"2021-08-23T11:56:02","modified_gmt":"2021-08-23T15:56:02","slug":"covid-vax-blowback-bites-houston-bad","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/stateofthenation.co\/?p=80094","title":{"rendered":"COVID VAX BLOWBACK BITES HOUSTON BAD!"},"content":{"rendered":"

Massive Nurse Shortage Hits Houston\u2014Weeks After 150 Unvaccinated Nurses and Hospital Workers Fired<\/strong><\/h1>\n

Houston hospitals have \u201creached a breaking point\u201d amid a COVID-19 outbreak, which struck weeks after 150 hospital workers were fired by Houston Methodist hospital, one of several hospitals struggling.<\/h3>\n

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Jon Miltimore
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Jennifer Bridges knew what was coming when her director at Houston Methodist hospital called her up in June to inquire about her vaccination status.<\/p>\n

Bridges, a 39-year-old registered nurse, responded “absolutely not” when asked if she was vaccinated or had made an effort to get vaccinated. She was terminated on the spot.<\/p>\n

“We all knew we were getting fired,” Bridges, 39, told<\/a> CBS News<\/em>. “We knew unless we took that shot to come back, we were getting fired today. There was no ifs, ands or buts.”<\/p>\n

Bridges was one of more than 150 hospital workers fired by Houston Methodist hospital.<\/p>\n

“All last year, through the COVID pandemic, we came to work and did our jobs,\u201d said Kara Shepherd, a labor and delivery nurse who joined Bridges and other workers in an unsuccessful lawsuit. \u201cWe did what we were asked. This year, we’re basically told we’re disposable.”<\/p>\n