22,000 Nurses Refuse *Mandatory* Vaccinations

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Today, there is an article posted on how 22,000 nurses are taking a stand against mandatory vaccination. These nurses are willing to lose their jobs to stand up for their Pro-choice rights. I have included the link below so you can read the article for yourself. Learn more about NAMV (Nurses Against Mandatory Vaccines)

NAMV was founded when mandatory vaccines were introduced in the workplace, and though it is not pro-vaccine OR anti-vaccine, it is certainly pro-CHOICE. NAMV members believe that all people should have the right to choose and refuse medical treatment, including nurses and healthcare workers.

22,000 Nurses Refuse *Mandatory* Vaccinations | Natural Society

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There are different strains of the flu so that one shot is not protecting you from all the new strains so your still at risk.

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The flu shot is not for patient safety .come on people wake up. If there is a new strain every year how could they possibly have had time to do extensive safety test on the vaccine they wouldn't have had the time to do the two step safety test that takes years to test a vaccine before it can go out to the public. No way time was taken out to test the vaccine long enough. This link shows exactly what I'm talking about this gentleman is a doctor and was a scientist and he is against it because it's not for patient safety the hospitals get more funding when the flu retention rate is high.

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forward the video to 3:00 that's where he starts .this video has everything everyone needs to know from a doctor and scientist that has been studying vaccine for over 30years. He does have a point if there has to be long term safety testing on the vaccine there is no way they tested the vaccines safety if the strain changes every year.
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There are different strains of the flu so that one shot is not protecting you from all the new strains so your still at risk.

I don't know that it's ever been claimed that vaccines are 100% effective, the flu vaccine is typically 60-70% effective from year to year, which is still enough to significantly reduce the spread of the flu and the number of deaths that result from the flu (by about 5,000 per year).

The flu shot is not for patient safety .come on people wake up. If there is a new strain every year how could they possibly have had time to do extensive safety test on the vaccine they wouldn't have had the time to do the two step safety test that takes years to test a vaccine before it can go out to the public. No way time was taken out to test the vaccine long enough. This link shows exactly what I'm talking about this gentleman is a doctor and was a scientist and he is against it because it's not for patient safety the hospitals get more funding when the flu retention rate is high.

I would agree that the benefits of universal vaccination of healthcare workers are often overstated, but there's no basis for stating patients are not at less risk because those caring for them are less likely to pass on illnesses to them.

The components of vaccines that would affect safety are well researched, their safety is well established and ongoing safety data is more thoroughly tracked than with any other medication ("medication" is probably not the most accurate term, it's more of a homeopathic treatment).

Hospitals don't actually receive more funding when their vaccination rates are high, they only receive an increased reimbursement for publically reporting their vaccination rates, even if their rate is zero they still get the extra reimbursement so long as they are reporting it.

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These nurses do have a choice. Get vaccinated or don't work with patients. It's really not complicated and IMHO any nurse should be able to read evidence based peer reviewed research explaining why vaccinating is so important.

Science shows us that vaccines work, I don't get what the problem is aside from true allergies.

I'm glad that facilities are implementing this policy. It will protect more patients and maybe it will weed out some of the weak links.

I expect this kind of argument from laypeople, I deal with it all the time when someone asks me my "professional opinion" but I don't expect it from nurses. Argh.

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These nurses do have a choice. Get vaccinated or don't work with patients. It's really not complicated and IMHO any nurse should be able to read evidence based peer reviewed research explaining why vaccinating is so important.

Science shows us that vaccines work, I don't get what the problem is aside from true allergies.

I'm glad that facilities are implementing this policy. It will protect more patients and maybe it will weed out some of the weak links.

I expect this kind of argument from laypeople, I deal with it all the time when someone asks me my "professional opinion" but I don't expect it from nurses. Argh.

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It is actually "nearly 50 percent effective", which is a coin flip.

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Yeah, I saw that too. I didn't make the hotlink and didn't try to change it for fear of breaking it.

I did not read through this whole thread but some of the posts I did read seemed pretty upset that any nurse who is supposed to be "evidenced based" would ever have a problem with mandatory flu shots. Just figured we should look at a couple of numbers from our CDC. I personally wouldn't encourage anyone to skip a flu shot, nurse or not. But, I'm a little short on the evidence I would require to believe that those with qualms about it should be out of work.

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I agree it is a coin flip it can eathier be a benefit or detriment. As a nurse I will still respect other nurses and treat all nurses the same. I will not treat them differently based on their personal preferences. Why would a doctor of 30years into his practice and also a scientist that studies vaccinations warn people from getting them. He must know more than what the CDC is letting people know. There are always 2 sides to a story for a reason. This vaccination could go good or bad some people get the bad part of it and some people end up okay . And others that have never had the flu or the vaccination end up fine without it. Everyone immunity and how they respond to vaccinations are different . I am a RN and I signed a declination waiver because I am against the shot period. I've been just fine and I keep my immune system very strong and where I work in New Jersey a lot of facilities don't require the vaccination and I am at a urgent care center making 36$ an hour. We have rights to refuse getting injected with something that we don't feel comfortable with.

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Go to YouTube and see how many adults and children were affected by the vaccination, there are thousands of videos. There is mercury in the vaccine and everyone's body's reacts differently to mercury. YouTube will tell you everything you need to know because it's coming from real doctors and real people who have lost family members or suffered paralysis or brain damage. Do more research people. There a new strains of the virus every year so that means there was no safety testing on the vaccine ever done. Vaccines are supposed to have a long term safety testing of years and years before its released to the public. The strains for the flu change every year then no safety testing was ever done.

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Everyone needs to wake up and stop following what the world tells you is safe and just because everyone is getting the flu vaccine doesn't mean you follow after them. The flu vaccine isn't to help us it's killing children and adults, it's also causing autism in alot of children who were doing fine before they received the vaccine. People stop saying the vaccine is safe it's not safe ,look at the ingredients inside the vaccine aluminum and Mercury once that gets in your blood stream you don't know how it will affect you. The flu vaccine is all about the doctors getting bonuses for every patient they get to do the shot and also the hospital funding will be cut if they don't push the shot on people. Wake up people the flu vaccine isn't even 100% effective there are new strains every year . They are injecting people with poison and I'm pretty sure 22,000 nurses aren't just refusing the vaccine for no reason they are smart and they have there own minds because they know what's best for them and there bodies and isn't gonna allow worldly things and people to force them to do something that they know isn't safe. No one has the right to discriminate and tell someone that they don't deserve to be a nurse because they refused the vaccine , it's there choice. I know many of people who have never gotten influenza and are fine. It's all being forced to make money the government doesn't care about us people wake up. I know alot of pro vaccine doctors as well so for a doctor to be against it he must know that something isn't right about that vaccine. Stop letting the world and what people say make u follow the crowd, be different and stand for what you believe in. The nurses who refused the vaccine I'm proud of them for not listening to everybody they are thinking for themselves. They still get to keep there jobs and work at the hospitals, what if someone is allergic to egg or have a guillan Barre syndrome history in the family I guess they shouldn't become what they love as a nurse. All my nurses who are open minded and do research I'm proud of you all for at least researching instead of just running to inject yourself with something that you really don't know how your body will react too just because the CDC says it's safe doesn't mean it is they are the biggest liars and crooks .

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The flu vaccine isn't to help us it's killing children and adults, it's also causing autism in alot of children who were doing fine before they received the vaccine. People stop saying the vaccine is safe it's not safe ,look at the ingredients inside the vaccine aluminum and Mercury once that gets in your blood stream you don't know how it will affect you.

You might have a better chance at an intelligent discussion if you would refrain from the histrionics and myth telling. The flu vaccine isn't killing anybody but the flu is. Over 90,000 children so far this season. And you're confusing childhood vaccinations with the flu shot which, as I recall, has never been thought to cause autism. And there is no mercury in the serum. There is Thimerisol in the multi-use vial only not the single-dose syringes. You do know that apples have mercury in them?

Furthermore the amount of aluminum is less than what you get in a glass of water. And I can assure you that the ID doctor I work with is not getting kick-backs from big pharma otherwise he wouldn't be driving a Honda.

I may not agree with people who don't get the flu shot but I respect their EDUCATED beliefs. Wackadoo information is only hurting your cause.

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