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flu shot required

I am currently in an LPN-RN program and today I received an email telling me that the program now requires us to get flu shots. The program has always required flu shots for all students by January 1st but now they are telling us that due to the "unusual circumstances" this year, we are now required to get a shot by October 1st and then again in January. They also said that if a H1N1 vaccine is developed, we will "absolutely" be required to get that as well. I'm a little mad because this is potentially going to mean I have to get vaccinated 4 times this year! (The H1N1 vaccine might be a series of two shots). I am healthy and in my 20s and have never in my life gotten a flu shot and can't recall ever getting the flu. I kind of grumbled about having to get the one vaccine by January but now I'm kind of upset that I will forced to get multiple shots. I know that some people say it's worth it and just do it and stop complaining, but I can't help the way I feel. I don't like being forced to do anything, especially when it comes to my body. I know I probably can't "get out of it", and if we don't get the vaccines we can't go to clinical which means I'd fail. I'm just wondering what others think about this. Anyone else being required to get vaccines?

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It is against the law to require you to take any form of medication.

You have the same rights as any patient and your employer should provide you with a waiver.

At our hospital, many of us MIGHT take the regular seasonal flu shot but the vast majority of us have decided that we are not going to take the H1N1 shot when it's available because of it's association with Gullian Barre in clinical trials and very, very few trials on children...no way is my children getting that shot.

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