Texas Hospital Staff Says Vaccine Mandate Breaks Nuremberg Code

[Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin]

A Houston hospital will become the first in the U.S. to fire workers for refusing Covid-19 vaccinations starting on June 7, unless a state judge intervenes.

About 117 staffers sued Houston Methodist Hospital Friday in Texas state court, claiming the facility’s vax-or-pink-slip mandate violates World War II-era ethics codes designed to prevent medical experimentation on unwilling human subjects. The so-called Nuremberg Code was developed in response to Nazi atrocities conducted on concentration camp victims.

About 99% of the 26,000 employees of the hospital, a cornerstone of the famed Texas Medical Center, are already in compliance with its vaccination mandate, according to an email sent by Marc Boom, the hospital’s chief executive officer, to all employees and physicians. The remaining staffers were reminded they have until June 7 to get the jab or face the consequences.

The lawsuit represents an escalation by Jennifer Bridges, an outspoken Houston nurse, who took her complaints to social media shortly after her employer’s vaccination policy was announced. Her April 17 Facebook post attracted 94 comments and encouragement to hire a lawyer. Her name is listed first among the plaintiffs in Friday’s complaint filed in Montgomery County, about an hour north of downtown Houston.

https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/us/texas-hospital-staff-says-vaccine-mandate-breaks-nuremberg-code/ar-AAKuDR9

These are healthcare workers?

[essaynnc]

1. Health care workers ?

yeah but only 117 out of 26,000. that's 0.45% ! There are dumbshits in every crowd....

[Gidney N Cloyd]

3. I'll bet these same workers are also very happy Texas is an at-will state.

[area51]

10. +1 n/t

[whistler162]

4. I think once 1/7th of the world population

being vaccinated kinda kills off the experimental argument!

[LetMyPeopleVote]

5. Jared Woodfill is the attorney for this case

Jared is the same idiot who was the attorney for the drive through voting case. Jared is a former Harris County GOP chair who is not a good attorney

[struggle4progress]

6. Courts called to address mandatory vaccine policies

By McMahon Berger
March 9, 2021

... One argument that likely will be raised .. is that the employment relationship is at-will, and an employee that does not wish to take an employer’s safety measure may simply terminate their employment relationship with the employer. Further, courts will have to address guidance from both the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) and Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) that allow mandatory vaccine policies as long as they are not contrary to state law and address accommodations for those with a disability or certain religious beliefs ...

... there are some additional actions that can be taken to reduce or limit possible exposure, including:

Ensure any mandatory vaccination policy addresses requests for accommodations under the Americans with Disabilities Act;

Ensure that any mandatory vaccination policy addresses requests for religious accommodations under Title VII of the Civil Rights Act;

Determine whether an accommodation is necessary for any employee who refuses to get the vaccine, such as a work from home arrangement or a temporary leave of absence;

Educate employees to the greatest extent possible before issuing a mandatory vaccination policy to minimize confusion and refusal once a policy is issued;

Ensure compliance with state laws that may be implicated by a mandatory vaccination policy.

... considerations of vaccination as part of a safe workplace are particularly important because of potential employer liability under state workers’ compensation laws and the absence of an employer liability shield in Congress’ most recent COVID-19 legislation ...

https://www.mcmahonberger.com/news/courts-being-called-on-to-address-mandatory-vaccine-policies/

[Johonny]

7. Then pink slip them and move on.

[littlemissmartypants]

8. Nuremberg Code Defense is ludicrous.

Does COVID-19 vaccine rollout violate Nuremberg Code that protects against coercion of medical-experiment subjects?

Updated May 25, 2021; Posted May 21, 2021

Snip...

People receiving the COVID-19 vaccines at this point are not taking part in a medical experiment, because the vaccines already have gone through clinical trials and have received emergency approval. And so the Nuremberg Code does not apply.

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Full Fact, a British non-profit fact-checking service, does not think it’s a coincidence that anti-vaccination propaganda is focusing on ethics principles that came about in response to Nazi atrocities -- because the very subject of the 1933-45 Nazi regime in Germany gets people worked up. “Misinformation thrives when feelings are manipulated in this way, as claims which create an emotional response are most likely to be shared,” the fact-checker states.

“Drawing a link between this final rollout of these [COVID-19] vaccines and what the Nazi doctors were doing is morally grotesque,” Dr. Julian Sheather, a special adviser in ethics and human rights for the British Medical Association, told Full Fact.

More at the link.

https://www.oregonlive.com/coronavirus/2021/05/does-covid-19-vaccine-rollout-violate-nuremberg-code-that-protects-against-coercion-of-medical-experiment-subjects.html

[Goodheart]

9. They're so stupid they're probably seeking out a Holocaust survivor as presiding judge

"Your honor, we're being treated just as you were!"

"Say what?"