{"id":1194292,"date":"2022-01-06T13:51:01","date_gmt":"2022-01-06T18:51:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1194292"},"modified":"2022-01-06T13:51:15","modified_gmt":"2022-01-06T18:51:15","slug":"mayo-clinic-laying-off-700-unvaccinated-staff-over-covid-policies","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/mayo-clinic-laying-off-700-unvaccinated-staff-over-covid-policies\/","title":{"rendered":"Mayo Clinic Laying Off 700 Unvaccinated Staff Over COVID Policies"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">20<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fmayo-clinic-laying-off-700-unvaccinated-staff-over-covid-policies%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1194292&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>The Mayo Clinic has laid off hundreds of unvaccinated staff members over its mandatory vaccination policy.<\/p>\n<p>The Mayo Clinic health systems operates numerous hospitals and clinics across Arizona, Florida, Iowa, Minnesota, and Wisconsin. Employees were given until Monday to either get vaccinated against COVID-19 or apply for and receive an exemption.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhile final numbers are still not available, nearly 99% of staff across all Mayo Clinic locations have complied with the required vaccination program, meaning they have been vaccinated or have received medical or religious exemptions,\u201d the clinic said in a statement, according to Minnesota\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.startribune.com\/mayo-clinic-dropping-700-workers-for-lacking-covid-19-vaccination\/600132633\/?refresh=true\">Star Tribune<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis means that approximately 1% of staff across all locations will be released from employment as a result of the required vaccination program. This is comparable to what other health care organizations have experienced in implementing similar vaccine requirement programs,\u201d it continued. The cuts are equivalent to about 700 of Mayo Clinic\u2019s staff members.<\/p>\n<p>Mayo Clinic follows several large health systems in forcing out employees who did not receive a vaccine or an approved exemption. Minnesota-based Allina Health laid off 53 staff in December over its vaccination policy. South Dakota-based Sanford Health <a href=\"https:\/\/www.parkrapidsenterprise.com\/newsmd\/health-news\/7264068-Sanford-suspends-just-82-for-refusing-COVID-19-vaccine-less-than-1-of-workforce\">suspended<\/a> 82 employees in November over their lack of vaccination or an approved exemption.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhile Mayo Clinic is saddened to lose valuable employees, we need to take all steps necessary to keep our patients, workforce, visitors and communities safe,\u201d the clinic continued in its statement. \u201cIf individuals released from employment choose to get vaccinated at a later date, the opportunity exists for them to apply and return to Mayo Clinic for future job openings.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cBased on science and data, it\u2019s clear that vaccination keeps people out of the hospital and saves lives. That\u2019s true for everyone in our communities \u2014 and it\u2019s especially true for the many patients with serious or complex diseases who seek care at Mayo Clinic each day,\u201d it said.<\/p>\n<p>The Biden administration has <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/politics\/courts_law\/supreme-court-biden-vaccine-mandate\/2022\/01\/05\/ad579632-6e44-11ec-aaa8-35d1865a6977_story.html\">introduced<\/a> a rule that would mandate healthcare workers at facilities that receive federal funding be vaccinated. The rule, pushed by the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services, has been held up in legal challenges and is currently waiting for a Supreme Court decision on whether the regulation will be enacted or stayed while the legal challenges play out.<\/p>\n<p>The Supreme Court is also due to rule on another Biden administration vaccine order, this one propagated by the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA), that would force large employers to ensure that their employees are either vaccinated or tested weekly for COVID-19. While numerous states, businesses, and interest groups have filed lawsuits over the rule, The Daily Wire is the lead plaintiff in the suit.<\/p>\n<p>The OSHA rule was originally scheduled to take effect on January 4, but the agency <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/news\/osha-delays-compliance-and-enforcement-dates-for-reinstated-vax-or-test-mandate\">delayed<\/a> the order until January 10 over the legal fight. OSHA has argued that the unprecedented regulation on private companies could cost dozens or hundreds of lives a day if not allowed to be implemented.<\/p>\n<p><em>The Daily Wire is one of America\u2019s fastest-growing conservative media companies and counter-cultural outlets for news, opinion, and entertainment. Get inside access to The Daily Wire by becoming a <\/em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/subscribe\"><em>member<\/em><\/a><em>.<\/p>\n<p><\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Mayo Clinic has laid off hundreds of unvaccinated staff members over its mandatory vaccination policy. The Mayo Clinic health systems operates numerous hospitals and clinics across Arizona, Florida, Iowa, Minnesota, and Wisconsin. Employees were given until Monday to either get vaccinated against COVID-19 or apply for and receive an exemption. \u201cWhile final numbers are &#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":70,"featured_media":2315279,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1194292","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1194292","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/70"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1194292"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1194292\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2315279"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1194292"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1194292"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1194292"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}