Re: Ethical Issue- Nurses not getting flu vaccine when they could!

Ah, yes -- I remember back when I was a new graduate and thought I knew all the answers, too.

I won't be having the nasal spray version or the injection.

Re: Ethical Issue- Nurses not getting flu vaccine when they could!

The OP makes it sound so easy to just wear a mask for the next 48 hours at work. But I would feel that I should also wear a mask at home too and whenever I am out so that I don't infect my family members or others with the LIVE virus that I just had shot up my nose. Many of us don't just come around immunocompromised people at work but we are also with many different people in our everyday lives. We have pregnant friends, neighbors who are receiving cancer treatments, and we spend time with infants at church. Plus we ALL go to the grocery store

Re: Ethical Issue- Nurses not getting flu vaccine when they could!

Originally Posted by morte

are either of you sensitive to MSG?

I know I'm not. Not sure about my friend.

Re: Ethical Issue- Nurses not getting flu vaccine when they could!

Well I got my Live Attenuated virus a week ago and no ill effects so far. Not even so much as a runny nose.
Personally, I liked it better. When I got my seasonal flu shot my arm hurt as if someone had been punching me for nearly a week. I'm also more than happy to have saved a dose of the injectible for someone who really needed (and wanted) it. Someone like the nurse who posted earlier saying they had asthma.

Our hospital system implimeted a new policy this week saying that, untill all forms of the vaccine become widely available, anyone wanting a vaccine will go through the full screening and only be given the shot if they have some condition that rules out the mist.

We also just opened up the flumist to families and children of employees. In 3 hours on a Sunday we got nearly 800 family members along with a few of "lower risk group" workers (environmental services, maintenance, etc.).

To put that number in perspective. I spent nearly 12 hours over the course of the last few weeks offering the vaccine to the various units on the hospitals. I only administered about 25 intranasal doses in all that time.
I recognised one nurse who didn't want to take the flumist bring in 3 of her children for the mist. So I don't think the major concern is the safety and more the stigma of wearing a mask.

Re: Ethical Issue- Nurses not getting flu vaccine when they could!

Ok, I will fess up. I just do not want anything to do with non-killed virus. I hate feeling sick and I just hate the idea of a live virus. I just want the injection. Itis just a personal thing with me.