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?

Why are we giving a vaccine of any kind to an immunocompromised person, and expecting for it to work?

That may be a good question for ACOG, who recommends the flu shot for all pregnant women.

I acknowledge that this vaccine is still being perfected and has limited efficacy in these populations. The reality is that however limited the protection may be from the flu shot if you are immunocompromised, it remains your best shot at fighting the flu along with good hygiene. The data still supports that getting a flu shot is better than not getting a flu shot.

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. . . Mariebailey you seem like an expert on the topic, can you tell me long term side effects of taking the vaccine over a course of a person's lifetime? . . .

As mariebailey notes GBS does occur in a a small fraction of individuals who receive an influenza vaccination.

I am unaware of any studies that have compared and contrasted the health outcome of individuals who have had numerous flu shot in their lifetime with individuals who have only been vaccinated once in their lifetime. I would be interested in seeing the results of such studies.

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As mariebailey notes GBS does occur in a a small fraction of individuals who receive an influenza vaccination.

I am unaware of any studies that have compared and contrasted the health outcome of individuals who have had numerous flu shot in their lifetime with individuals who have only been vaccinated once in their lifetime. I would be interested in seeing the results of such studies.

Man would there be a few confounding variables in such a study!

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