Advocate fires 400+ workers who refused vaccines

Advocate Aurora Health, the largest hospital system in Illinois and Wisconsin, has fired more than 400 employees who refused to get vaccinated for COVID-19.

Almost half of the 440 recently terminated employees worked part time, the company said in a statement. The number is less than 1% of about 75,000 employees.

Advocate is not providing a breakdown for the positions among those fired - nurses, doctors or other employees - and a spokesman declined to provide additional comment.

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