As the critical shortage of nurses in the United States continues to climb, hospitals are still firing Registered Nurses for refusing to get the COVID vaccines even in red states like Florida that passed legislation against jab-or-job ultimatums.
The lingering drive to force the COVID vaccine on health care workers continues even in spite of court rulings with sizable settlement debts against the hospitals.
Last month, as part of a settlement in a federal class action lawsuit, the Northshore University Health System was ordered to pay $10.3 million to 500 nurses and other health care workers the Chicago-based hospital operator denied religious exemptions from the COVID shot mandate….