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For Some Medical Workers, a Flu Shot Or Possible Job Loss
theodp writes "Want to work at Winthrop Hospital? Roll up your sleeve, and we'll talk. TIME reports that every employee at the Long Island hospital — from doctors and nurses who care for patients to the administrative, housekeeping and food-service personnel — must be vaccinated against both seasonal and H1N1 flu or face termination. The mandate comes from the health department of New York, the first state to require all health-care workers to be vaccinated against influenza. Meanwhile, two-thirds of parents say they'll avoid flu shots for their little ones like, well, the flu. So who should you believe — Dr. Bill Frist or 'Dr.' Bill Maher? Before you decide, perhaps a consultation with Dr. Google is in order."
That person probably shouldn't be working around sick people anyway.
Don't take life so seriously. No one makes it out alive.
Oh noes, the troll mods are all over this discussion... just repeating this because it's true:
Case. Fucking. Closed.
Unfortunately, you are repeating a lie. Why the big panic for a flu that is no worse than average... the same reason why we should panic over everything else. It is because fear sells well, and drives ratings on news sites. Why don't you, for the sake of your own education, find out how much money is being made on vaccines. Then, once you are better educated, you can come back and tell us your likely revised opinion. But if you find evidence that it is 100% money driven, then I'd love to hear about it with a link to the research you found. I'm sure it would be an amazing story that the media would love to run with if you can prove that case. Until then, no the case is not fucking closed.