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The Highwire with Del Bigtree

117 EMPLOYEES SUE HOSPITAL OVER VACCINE MANDATE

The Highwire with Del Bigtree

The Highwire with Del Bigtree

News, Society & Culture, Health & Fitness

4.93.4K Ratings

🗓️ 5 June 2021

⏱️ 23 minutes

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Summary

Houston Methodist Hospital became the first medical center to mandate employees get the experimental #Covid19 vaccine, which didn’t go over well with the staff. Jennifer Bridges, R.N., is leading the charge, along with 116 hospital employees, filing a lawsuit against the vaccine requirement as a condition of employment.

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0:00.0

One of the predictions that, you know, we made, we discussed on this show was they made a tragic, tragic error.

0:08.0

When they decided they were going to try and make a vaccine and make this pandemic all about a vaccine and have the vaccine that's going to save us.

0:17.0

And the plan was the first people getting the vaccine would be the frontline workers.

0:22.0

I said that will be their demise because up until now we've had doctors that push vaccines, they never read about going into kids that cannot talk about the injuries they're suffering.

0:33.0

Oh, your child was always not going to speak. Oh, your child was always going to have seizures their entire life.

0:39.0

Oh, your child didn't, you know, they probably had diabetes. We just didn't recognize it.

0:43.0

You know the drill, especially if you were a family member that has a vaccine in your child. But when they decided that this brand new, totally experimental vaccine that had never been injected into a human being would be going into the frontline doctors and nurses first.

0:59.0

I said that will spell trouble because as much as they may look the other way when it comes to your child, they're not going to look the other way when it comes to their own health.

1:08.0

And now we're seeing this discussion all over the nation, nurses, doctors, we're hearing about 40% 60% not getting vaccinated, whether they're working at the CDC or at a hospital.

1:19.0

And now a lawsuit that may be the first of its kind and may be on its way to the Supreme Court. Take a look at this.

1:29.0

Houston Methodist has been getting a huge dose of publicity, forgiving employees like nurse Jennifer Bridges until early June to get a COVID vaccination.

1:37.0

Or else, registered nurse Jennifer Bridges says she is not quite ready to get her shot, even if it means losing her job.

1:46.0

We don't want to vaccinate holding signs enchanting.

1:51.0

We don't want to vaccinate nearly 100 people outside Houston Methodist Saturday protesting against COVID-19 vaccine.

1:59.0

But you should have a choice whether what they inject into their own body. And this is under emergency use. So it's not even FDA approved.

2:07.0

A four hour long debate at the state Capitol about COVID-19 vaccines just wrapped up. Houston Methodist, as you may recall, is the first hospital in the nation to require all employees to get a COVID-19 vaccine.

2:19.0

Some of those former employees just testified along with current Houston Methodist nurse Jennifer Bridges.

2:25.0

There are thousands of people's lives in stake right now. People are losing their jobs. There are people calling me constantly crying because they have to take this shot and they don't want to defeat their children. This is devastating.

2:39.0

I'm sure a lot of medical companies might look at me as a troublemaker. I hope they look at me more as a strong-willed advocate. That's not scared to do the right thing.

2:50.0

Well, this controversy. Houston Methodist Hospital is probably one of the biggest in the nation when it comes to employers forcing the vaccination upon employees at the center of this is a lawsuit.

3:03.0

And that plaintiff that brought the lawsuit originally is joining us right now. Jennifer Bridges, you are a nurse at the Houston Methodist Hospital.

3:12.0

How did this all begin? Did it start out with you just got a call or we a letter were mandating this vaccine on every employee or was there sort of a slow process towards this?

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