I have to say that I am completely outraged by the push for mandated flu shots. What happened to personal freedom, especially to make our own healthcare decisions? And please spare me the "it's about the patient's" **** ****. First of all, the vaccine is up to 60% effective on a good day and is supposed to create antibodies to 3 strains of the virus. Problem is, there is hundreds of them out there. Not only that, but the chances of you actually getting the flu is small. Think about how many people got the flu shot and still got sick. Works Great! Let me also make it clear, I am not "anti-vaccine" because I do feel they have a place in our society. The mandatory ones we get as children actually have a much higher success (i.e. MMR 95% +) and we only have to get a series of them ONCE! It is simply outrageous that we are mandated to get this shot EVERY year. Forced to inject myself with countless chemicals, every year for a false sense of security? People need to step out the herd and really educate themselves. Did you know that hospitals that require all employees to have flu shots have an incentive to do so? Try following the money.... The bottom line is, we are hired as healthcare professionals to educate, and execute healthcare on patients, but we can't make our own healthcare decisions? If a patient is admitted into the hospital he should be educated on the risks of the flu, and the risks/benefits of a flu shot. The patients are the ones who should be offered the vaccine upon admittance. Both of us being vaccinated against the same exact thing is over-kill. After all we are trying to protect the patients, right? Before you head the line of yearly injection, why don't you think about the effects it might have on your body 20+ years from now. Your guess is as a good as anyones......
