New York State Mandated Vaccinations

People admitted to hospitals SHOULD be offered vaccinations as a routine practice...while there are some good reasons not to vaccinate folks with acute illnesses, there are many people who could safely be offered and receive vaccines prior to discharge. Think in terms of the elderly hip replacement patient, etc. It would be unwise, however, to simply vaccinate "every patient that rolls in the door". Proper screening is always indicated prior to vaccine administration and acute illness can ALWAYS be an acceptable reason to forego immunization. Much of that is based upon professional, clinical judgement.
However, there is no vaccine remedy for those who come into the hospital with active influenza infection. That person will put all unvaccinated contacts at risk for infection. Elective admissions sometimes have prodromal illnesses.
So student nurses are in a very tough situation...your school must already insure that your patients are not put at risk by the very fact that you are learning how to provide nursing care and by unintentional spread of vaccine preventable disease (most of which are covered by our immigration policies and required/recommended childhood vaccination schedule). Throw a novel influenza bug that is potentially very dangerous into the mix and the school is in a very difficult position. If they mandate vaccination they may get sued for violation of civil rights, if they don't and an unvaccinated student spreads the disease to a patient...they may get sued. As well, how does the school of nursing convince any hospital or nursing home to allow the students access to the patients if the students are not vaccinated but the employees are mandated to be?
I, for one, am glad that this is not a difficult choice for me. I work in hospice so my work exposure to the H1N1 virus is relatively low, but my personal exposure and risk is quite high...I attend a good sized church, I shop in grocery and department stores, I visit regularly with my elementary school aged granddaughter...etc...all in an urban setting. It will be interesting to see what the "peak" of the H1N1 season looks like.

I am so horrified that people are potentially LOSING THEIR JOBS over this issue!

To live in a country that requires free citizens to inject substances into their bodies is the next step towards imperialism. No, I will not recieve the shot and I WILL quit my job and move if the law comes to my door. Your body is your temple and ONLY you own it and are responsible for it. Bye bye big brother!

Updated Guidance on Pandemic Preparedness in the Workplace from the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission

Check out the above link. It will answer your question.

today's New York Times (10/14) has an article stating that the NY Civil Liberties Union is requesting the Health Commissioner to withdraw the requirement.

CHECK ON : www.infowars.com there is a lot debating of these issue and you can be guided with the action. These are signs of the times.

Personally I think getting a vaccine is a personal choice. I will not get one for various reasons. I ran accross article and found it interesting. Maybe there is something in the article that will help.

US Judge Rules Against Compulsory Vaccinations http://www.ireport.com/docs/DOC-335421?ref=feeds%2Flatest

There was apparently a hearing today at NY State Supreme Court - this NY Nurse has filed a lawsuit--

http://www.nysna.org/practice/main.htm

If you can't get the link to open just google NYSNA and on their homepage are links to these articles and to some new testimony they provided.

i agree however researching it closely it is the perfect catch to instill and imbue the psychological concept of fear all in the name of being a threat to national homeland security, thereby paving the way for smooth impositioned transition of a martial healthcare versus the need and its perceived threat to health, asking
what constitutes the shot? microchip that monitors or uses surveillance to medical records and accessibility? medical side effects? http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B4SmFxyust0&feature=fvw

Though these will initially be faced with resistance as quoted in your column this will be overpowered under a hidden medical agenda compromising healthcare. whats behind these coerced impositions? curtailment of rights to decide. a good front to progress a north american using medical emergencies as a real threat that needs to be addressed. it is obviously a medical indoctrination happening really fast.forced mass quarantine and inoculations? morgue operations and militia? seems too off since a pandemic is coming, and a military policing on schools for those who refuse to be vaccinated?
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ibwBJQUvYnU&feature=related
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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OKoy1-joQJk