The problem with mandating any kind of medical treatment is this...Where does it stop? Let's assume that the argument about the 'greater public good' is correct. Ok then, why stop at vaccination? Thousands of people each year die while waiting on a...
Technically, a virus is not "alive", it only can switch on in a living cell. So, perhaps it weakens with the passing of time outside of a cell, and becomes less able to cause infection... Someone will be along with a better answer, I'm sure. But viru...
"I understand that. The one that is available now is the nasal spray and is a live virus which is what I said a while ago and was told I was wrong." Frustrating, isn't it? That's the problem, there has been so much hype and fear-mongering with this t...
There are plenty of people who have doubts about this vaccine, and vaccines in general. To imply that they are all ignorant or misinformed, or both, is an insult. But I don't think that will change... Some obviously feel very strongly about the iss...
"If you believe that autism and auto-immune diseases are caused by vaccines, you should be able to provide links to information and studies that we can look at and analyze, otherwise it is just opinion or speculation." I didn't say that I believed it...
C'mon now, no more labels. Those of us who are leary of this new vaccine are not "anti-vaxers". Most of us did not come to our decisions because of rumours and mis-information spread by others. I agree that some vaccinations have had positive effec...
Noeissa, you may want to consider a different place to work! It's been my experience that places with attitudes like that are not great places to work. Chances are, the administration is at fault, admin sets the tone for any facility. As the saying g...
RuRnurse? replied to Inspired By Silence's topic in General Nursing
Good point, waterlily. The problem is that Islam doesn't have a central authority, like a pope or something. So, these things are left to individual imams. Also, the older women who have had this done tend to demand that the younger ones do as well. ...
RuRnurse? replied to Inspired By Silence's topic in General Nursing
Interesting thread... I believe that ALL cultural and religious beliefs can be accomodated, IF those involved are willing to be open-minded and accept that certain things, like caregiver gender, ARE important to some. One needn't become defensive i...
There is a dementia unit where I work whose manager and doctor seem to be engaged in some kind of "experiment" with the residents there. These are severely impaired folks, and many are physically aggressive. It's actually more of a de facto psych uni...
Got link? I'd like to read that myself. It wouldn't surprise me, I have a feeling that once this vaccination campaign get rolling, we are going to see a sudden rash of "egg allergies" among the powers that be...
RuRnurse? replied to RedhairedNurse's topic in COVID
I usually get the seasonal flu shot, but this year I'm going to decline, and won't get the H1N1 either. I've been having questions about vaccines in general. I'm not sure what ny ultimate feeling will be, but I'm doing a lot of research on the whol...
"So, come up with your solution, prepare a paper and then present it to your manager. You'd be surprised at how receptive they will be." Ok, somebody owes me a new keyboard, because I just lost my mouthful of coffee!