The health care workers are protesting this in Albany today. There is talk that if they refuse the shot they will lose their job. Ahh, the great state of New York!!
They were saying this to the nurses in the children’s hospital where I am doing clinicals. They don’t have a choice.
When I took a flu shot in 1976...(can't remember if it was swine variety).... I ended up with double-pneumonia and very ill for 3 weeks. I've never taken another.
If the issue is forced this time....I may be looking for a new career....because I won't tolerate this again. There are alot of nurses who feel the same way.
I waiting for “The Peoples Republic of NJ” to follow suit.
My daughter is an EMT in the Newark area, I told her to read up on the field trials, then make an educated choice.
I have chosen not to get the vaccine, I am not in the age group and do not want to take the chance.
I worked in the federal government in DC in the mid-70’s when the first swine flu scare swept the country. We were told that if we didn't get the flu shot (military-style, lined up in the hallway), we couldn't report to work and we wouldn't be paid for days we were absent. With hindsight, we know the flu vaccine that year was not only unnecessary but also dangerous to many people.