Mandated Flu vaccine?

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Hi- Just received a blanket email yesterday that my hospital in VA is requiring ALL STAFF involved in patient care to get the flu vaccine this year. (incl nurses, physicians, clinical aides etc) I always get the vaccine voluntarily but feels wrong that this can be mandated. I still intend to get it. Is this legal? I remember something similar involving a group of NY Nurses some time back.:uhoh3:

Cold temperatures exert stress on the organism, stress lowers immunity level, thus a bacteria/virus is much more efficient in causing an infection.

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"These results indicate that acute cold exposure

has immunostimulating effects and that, with thermal clamping, pretreatment with physical exercise can enhance this response. Increases in levels of circulating norepinephrine may account for the changes observed during coldexposure and their modification by changes in initial status."

Immune changes in humans during cold exposure... [J Appl Physiol. 1999] - PubMed - NCBI

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