Held Down and Forced to Take The FLu Shot

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Allright guys, here is my problem:

My mom works as a CNA?CMA in a nursing home. The nursing home is forcing people to take flu shots this year. My mom has never taken a flu shot, she is just a strong believer in not taking it. She knows that I think this is a stupid attidute, but I also respect her right to say no to the shot.

After about a month of trying to bully people into taking thier flu shots with saying that people won't get their pay check, etc. After a couple of calls to the labor board that got fixed pretty fast.

So here is their new tactict: Call people into their office, physically hold them down, and give them the shot.

Of course my mom is terrified. My advice to her was this: As soon as one of the administrators touches her to try to hold her down I told her to call 911. I told her to be sure to let them know that if they try to physically force her to take the flu shot. If they as much as touch her to try to hold her down to take that damn thing she will call 911 and press assault and battery charges against them. I told her to let them know that they have 3 options:

A: Leave me alone, I'll sign a paper that you offered it and I declined.

B: Fire me and we will take the legal route for wrongfull termination.

C: Touch me, give me the shot and I will call 911 and press charges.

So fire away and give me your opinion. What can she do?

Specializes in LTC,Hospice/palliative care,acute care.
I know a lot of scientists, and I trust them.

The Germans did,too...Even though the Geneva convention prohibits bio-terrorism we'd be foolish not to believe that our Goverment is diligently working away in biocontainment labs busily trying to come up with the next generation of weapons.Clear,tasteless and easily dispersed.Because we KNOW our enemies are doing the same thing..The BIG problem is ACCIDENTS and MISTAKES do happen but our Goverment covers them up..Seriously-I trusted that our goverment would help us and care for us in an emergency but I saw what happened on 9-11 and duirng Hurricane Katrina.They are NOT up to the challenge and we had better face facts and be prepared...Gosh-we are SO off topic...

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Gosh-we are SO off topic...

Yeah, we are. It's been interesting.

So, how about let's stay to, "Held Down and Forced to Take the Flu Shot".

Thanks, ya'll.............

Cha Ching! Call an attorney, file a suit, and see how much money you guys can get out of these idiots!

We were told next year we'll have to get them or go before the infection control board and the big mean doctor on the board. Like I'm scared of him. If they want to try to prove I'm not allergic to eggs and deal with the risk of a lawsuit when I have a reaction, I dare them to. But oh how I would love to work where your mother is. At least until they tried that and I could seriously cut my work hours after the money came in from the lawsuit.

When I opened I this thread I thought for sure it was about forcing the flu shot on residents. But on staff? Need a job or not, 911 would be getting a call and I would absolutely press charges then head straight to a lawyer's office to get my lawsuit filed.

Specializes in LTC/Peds/ICU/PACU/CDI.
there's also a difference between ineptitude and malevolence. i'm much more willing to believe that the gov't accidentally let out a bug from a lab than i would be to believe that they invented, created, and deliberately released hiv and the bird flu to get rid of people.

let's see... they're practicing biowarfare to cut down on numbers and yet limiting access to birth control and abortion because pop. control is against god. yep, makes sense.

two words... tuskegee & holocaust. these *things* did happen in the past & yes, people were experimented on by the government....albeit...the holocaust was of course sanction by the third reich germany...but to say that government(s)...specifically....*our* government wouldn't purposefully experiment on unknowing or unwilling subject isn't something to take lightly. nor is it something to laugh at or make fun of....it happened in the past & can certainly happen again because people like yourself *don't believe it could happen now.*

i understand what somebody was trying to say in their original post. regular folks were tricked into believing hitlers rhetoric regarding the jews & we all know what happened there.

just adding my two cents is all....cheers :cheers: ,

moe

Specializes in Vents, Telemetry, Home Care, Home infusion.

this thread run so far off course....closing for night.

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