A federal judge in Texas on June 12 dismissed a lawsuit brought by 117 Houston Methodist hospital employees who sought to block the hospital’s COVID-19 vaccine mandate. In a four-page opinion, U.S. District Judge Lynn Hughes wrote that firing the employees as a result of their refusal to take the COVID-19 shots would not amount to wrongful termination. Under Texas law, an employee is considered to have been wrongfully terminated if he or she was fired solely for refusing to perform an illegal act. COVID-19 is the disease caused by the CCP (Chinese Communist Party) virus. Hughes, a Reagan appointee, also rejected several claims from the plaintiffs under federal law, including an assertion that the employees are being forced to participate in a human trial for the vaccines since the shots are only being allowed under emergency use authorization. The hospital, the judge wrote, is not participating in a human …