Hundreds protest outside Henry Ford Health System hospitals Saturday after it announced employees, contractors must get COVID-19 vaccines. : Hundreds of people lined the sidewalk in front of Henry Ford West Bloomfield Hospital's main entrance Saturday to protest the health system's COVID-19 vaccine mandate for employees, contractors and others. The scene was similar in front of Henry Ford Hospital in Detroit, where, as in West Bloomfield, drivers of passing vehicles frequently honked to show support. There also were people protesting at three additional hospitals in the health system — Clinton Township, Wyandotte and Jackson — said organizer Amber Castro of Westland. "We are not anti-vax.