Mandatory Flu Vaccines- How do you feel?

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Anyone else upset by the requirement to take flu vaccine or else... not even a mask option??? Only way out is a MD note stating "severe" allergy. Why is it we can't force our patients but our hospitals can force us.

I am pregnant and know I am high risk, but I took the vaccine in my last pregnancy and my son has an egg allergy. No proof linking, but no study not linking. I am so close to maternity leave and was going to wait until I delivered to be vaccinated. Do you know that they don't recommend the flu vaccine until a baby is 6 months but somehow it is safe for a near term "fetus"? Shouldn't we have the right to say no, just like out patients?

Specializes in Neurovascular, Ortho, Community Health.
First of all, you are saying that your physician wrote a note saying the flu vaccine was "contradicted" for you, when it is not?

Nope, I never said that. I said that's the only known loophole and quite frankly, it's absurd to force nurses to have to go through all that just to exercise the right over their own body.

Thirdly, I don't know in which areas of nursing you have worked, but to say that more patients are admitted with GBS as their primary diagnosis than the flu is completely false.

I never said that either. I simply stated my experience. You can tout all the statistics you want, but the fact of the matter is that the flu is an issue of life or death for a very specific set of populations, and I believe that it is our duty to educate these populations to get themselves vaccinated. I don't think dictatorial requirements for all nursing staff is the answer.

If you don't want to get the flu vaccine for whatever reason, then don't get it.

Thank you for "giving me the okay."

don't perpetuate myths and scare others from receiving a vaccine that has been proven to save lives and prevent the spread of illness.

I never once stated a single falsehood or perpetuated "myths", I raised real and valid concerns that have NOT been scientifically dis-proven, as much as vaccine nazis would like to sweep said concerns under the rug. I merely stated my experiences and concerns about mandating the ingestion of a substance into my body. Yet, people will always find a way to see what they want to see and deduce the message they have assumed would be given from another's response, even if said message isn't really there (see above.)

Specializes in Oncology, Med/Surg, Hospice, Case Mgmt..
I never said that either. I simply stated my experience. You can tout all the statistics you want, but the fact of the matter is that the flu is an issue of life or death for a very specific set of populations, and I believe that it is our duty to educate these populations to get themselves vaccinated. I don't think dictatorial requirements for all nursing staff is the answer.

Pesky CDC statistics. Did you work at "The Guillain Barre Center"? If so, my apologies. If not, then that statement is false. The CDC classifies healthcare workers as one of the specific sets of populations that should be vaccinated yearly.

I never once stated a single falsehood or perpetuated "myths", I raised real and valid concerns that have NOT been scientifically dis-proven, as much as vaccine nazis would like to sweep said concerns under the rug. I merely stated my experiences and concerns about mandating the ingestion of a substance into my body. Yet, people will always find a way to see what they want to see and deduce the message they have assumed would be given from another's response, even if said message isn't really there (see above.)

Guillain Barre Syndrome is rare. There are risks in almost everything we ingest. As an Oncology nurse, I pumped dangerous toxins into the bodies of patients every day. Their side effects were a lot worse than GBS, but they didn't seem to mind. They knew it would save their life. I was always more of a chemo nazi than a vaccine nazi.

As an Oncology nurse, I pumped dangerous toxins into the bodies of patients every day. Their side effects were a lot worse than GBS

Paralysis?

Specializes in Oncology, Med/Surg, Hospice, Case Mgmt..
Paralysis?

It's not a choice I would ever want to make, but if I had to choose between temporary and possibly limited "paralysis" and permanent heart muscle damage or permanent heart failure, pulmonary fibrosis or permanent hearing loss, just to name a few, yes, I would choose the temporary and possibly limited "paralysis". GBS is rare and the worst case scenarios are even rarer.

I would choose the temporary and possibly limited "paralysis". GBS is rare and the worst case scenarios are even rarer.

If you took care of a few GBS patients, you'd be no more likely to put the word "paralysis" in quotation marks than you would "permanent hearing loss" or "permanent heart muscle damage."

Specializes in PCCN.

hmm, i feel pretty sore where i got the vaccine....................:dead::D

The hospital I work at has for the first time made it mandatory to take the vaccine or you get fired, the year before they would let you wear a mask, I am going to meet with HR and state my case for not taking the vaccine, and if I get fired they will lose a good nurse, but knowing the long term and short term damage that vaccines cause (Alhzheimer, dementia,paralysis,GBS etc,,,) there is no way i will be taking a shot in the name of job security, no I dont care for the mercury in thimerosal,MSG,aluminum,formadehyde, being forced into my body against my will, in my favor I have kept my lifestyle rather simple and relatively debt free,therefore allowing me to go unemployed for a time, as I try and find an employer that does not require the flu vaccine as grounds for employement. Big pharma loves forcing vaccines down our throats, as they benefit form millions in profits, and could care less on the damage they may cause our bodies,remember it's all about the money, and yes they are exempt from you suing them for damage you may incur from taking their vaccine shot.Lastly let's not forget the 2009 package insert for Norvartis monovalent Vaccine,which stated in side effects:Guillain-Barre Syndrom,anaphylactic shock,vasculitis, and DEATH. America is changing before our eyes, and we are losing freedoms every day, pray for our country.

The hospital I work at has for the first time made it mandatory to take the vaccine or you get fired, the year before they would let you wear a mask, I am going to meet with HR and state my case for not taking the vaccine, and if I get fired they will lose a good nurse, but knowing the long term and short term damage that vaccines cause (Alhzheimer, dementia,paralysis,GBS etc,,,) there is no way i will be taking a shot in the name of job security, no I dont care for the mercury in thimerosal,MSG,aluminum,formadehyde, being forced into my body against my will, in my favor I have kept my lifestyle rather simple and relatively debt free,therefore allowing me to go unemployed for a time, as I try and find an employer that does not require the flu vaccine as grounds for employement. Big pharma loves forcing vaccines down our throats, as they benefit form millions in profits, and could care less on the damage they may cause our bodies,remember it's all about the money, and yes they are exempt from you suing them for damage you may incur from taking their vaccine shot.Lastly let's not forget the 2009 package insert for Norvartis monovalent Vaccine,which stated in side effects:Guillain-Barre Syndrom,anaphylactic shock,vasculitis, and DEATH. America is changing before our eyes, and we are losing freedoms every day, pray for our country.

HUGE difference from sporadic weak correlation identified in a few studies from actual causation, not that I am saying you should not judge the risks and benefits for yourself but please do not kid yourself.

Specializes in Hospice Palliative Care.

My employer mandated we get the shot this year, or wear a mask at all times from December until march. I figured it would be easier to get the shot than have a mask on at all times. I got the shot yesterday and thankfully I have sick time because I had to call in for last night and tonight so far, we will see about tomorrow. Within a couple of hours I started feeling hot then cold, then just really tired. Really I feel like I have the flu, and I am guessing that my body figures that I do and is trying to fight it. I am feeling so lousy right now I am wondering if wearing a mask would be easier. It has reminded me why I haven't had the shot for about ten years.

Because there is not a study linking or not linking means nothing. Since there is no study that refutes the link between space aliens and your son's allergy maybe that should be a concern?

My facility has mandatory flu shots, or wear a mask the entire time at work, policy. I support it.

You do not have the right to refuse like a patient because you are not a patient. You are an employee, who of free will, chooses to be employed at a facility that mandates flu shots.

The flu vaccine is not approved for children less than 6 months, this does not mean it is not safe. Approval and safety are two different things.

Actually when having ANY medical procedure done, you are a PATIENT, not an employee, and as such you LEGALLY have the RIGHT TO REFUSE.

Perhaps a bit more education on this is needed for folks such as yourself as well as administration that forces these awful things.

"about 1 more person out of 1 million people vaccinated with seasonal flu vaccine may develop GBS. This continues to be studied. For the most part, the chance of getting very ill from flu is far higher than the chance of getting GBS after getting the flu vaccine."

CDC H1N1 Flu | Fact Sheet on Guillain-Barre syndrome (GBS)

You have dredged something up from the CDC's historical archives there. There are reasons pages are archived on that site. Sometimes the information is simply out of date. Here's some news since 2009:

Swine flu vaccine likely causes child narcolepsy: study

Do you think that adjuvants are the only problem? Think again and research. I think you'll find that mandatory flu vaccines for HCW's are nothing but a cynical bone to vested financial interests.

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