Nurse Fired For Refusing To Get a H1N1 Vaccine or Wear Mask

[Inspired By Silence]

A nurse who did not want a swine flu vaccine, was fired after refusing to wear a mask.

http://www.statesman.com/news/local/nurse-fired-over-refusal-to-get-flu-shot-168154.html

Some Central Texas hospitals required employees to get flu vaccinations this year or wear masks while working with patients as the H1N1 swine flu virus spread and seasonal flu loomed. One nurse at the Seton Family of Hospitals was fired for refusing to do either.

What do you guys think? She seems a bit out of it, in my opinion. Just unwilling to comply with perfectly reasonable requests.

[indigo girl]

thanks for the great info, indigo_girl! it's terrific to see the data laid out - i, like infection control professionals everywhere, am feeling a little exhaused by h1n1 data, but it really is fascinating!

not everyone is fascinated, of course.

here we are at week 3 for 2010, and yet no seasonal flu to speak of. just a very, very few cases of type b, two for the entire us reported? i find that very interesting, and a little concerning. nature abhors a vacuum...

http://www.cdc.gov/flu/weekly/

week 3

no. of specimens tested3,588

no. of positive specimens (%)164 (4.6%)

positive specimens by type/subtype

influenza a162 (98.8%)

a (2009 h1n1)98 (60.5%)

a (subtyping not performed)62 (38.3%)

a (unable to subtype)*2 (1.2%)

a (h3)0 (0.0%)

a (h1)0 (0.0%)

influenza b2 (1.2%)

meanwhile, swine flu is still occurring in mexico.

http://crofsblogs.typepad.com/h5n1/2010/01/mexico-69949-cases-and-986-deaths.html

translation provided by crofsblogs. his spanish is much better than mine!

mexico: 69,949 cases and 986 deaths

the mexican secretariat of health has done remarkable work, right from the outbreak of h1n1 last spring, in publishing regular updates. on tuesday i posted a link to a january 25 report with a tally of 69,824 cases and 969 deaths. now we have a new update just four days later, showing that since monday mexico has recorded 69,949 cases (125 more) and 986 deaths (17 more).