Forced flu shot at work

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  • jennaworksout
    jennaworksout Posts: 1,739 Member
    sure what ev
  • christine24t
    christine24t Posts: 6,063 Member
    I'm a nurse. I support vaccination and always stay up to date on my vaccinations. I actually think it's nice they do it there rather than make you go outside and schedule an appointment for it! Saves time, and protects your health!
  • lstone03
    lstone03 Posts: 57 Member
    My OB told me they've vaccinated for the wrong strain of flu for the past several years. When I worked with the public around a lot of sick people my immune system was better. I was never sick. I'd still get it to keep my job though. It may benefit some. I never looked into what my OB said since I don't get a flu shot anyway.
  • diannecm
    diannecm Posts: 1
    I also work in a hospital setting and feel fortunate that I get the flu shot free! There again - if you don't want to work near sick people, you might want to consider another career?
  • cobes24
    cobes24 Posts: 132 Member
    You can't sue an employer for placing immunization restrictions on employment. No one is forcing you to get the flu shot--they're saying if you want to keep working there, you need to get the flu shot. If you want to find employment elsewhere, then do so, and you don't need to get the flu shot. I expect that if you decide to work at Staples, or McDonalds, or etc etc. you won't have to get a flu shot. No one is forcing you to work in healthcare.

    If you want to continue working in a hospital, it seems reasonable to get a vaccine that has been found in study after study to lessen the number and severity of cases of the flu. Seems a bit selfish to object to something that can protect those you care for--even if you are far from patients, you still make your paycheck from an institution that cares for patients, therefore you should be immunized.

    The flu shot can't make you sick--it's a DEAD virus. To say "I got the flu shot and got the worst flu of my life from it" means you lack a basic understanding of the science of vaccinations.
  • DivineRED1
    DivineRED1 Posts: 134 Member
    I've never gotten a flu shot and I've never gotten the flu.
  • agentscully514
    agentscully514 Posts: 616 Member
    My OB told me they've vaccinated for the wrong strain of flu for the past several years. When I worked with the public around a lot of sick people my immune system was better. I was never sick. I'd still get it to keep my job though. It may benefit some. I never looked into what my OB said since I don't get a flu shot anyway.

    The flu shot for the last couple of seasons has actually been pretty good. Immunizing health care workers has been demonstrated over and over to reduce flu in patients. so yes, it does benefit others.
  • fatboypup
    fatboypup Posts: 1,873 Member
    **** that they give us ours free and $5 to the cafe ...... I took it once and was the sickest ever that year .... I'll never have the flu shot again
  • emnk5308
    emnk5308 Posts: 736
    Seeing as you work in a hospital, I totally understand it. I never get the flu shot, I'd get just as sick with the shot as I would w/o it.. So I don't even want it..but if I choose to work in a hospital I'd understand that I would have to do these things... =/ Check the laws... Make sure.
  • Katahna
    Katahna Posts: 326 Member
    I don't trust anything mass produced and packed in to syringes!
  • Bailey543
    Bailey543 Posts: 375
    But do you touch the same doors handles as patients? Use the same restrooms? Germs can spread just by being in the same building as the patients. Especially those with weakened immune systems. Just something you may not have thought about...

    I'm all for it. If you chose to work in a hospital than you should do everything you can to not get sick and spread illness. If you don't want to follow those rules, go into home healthcare were you can be your own boss.

    Yes I see what you mean but I work in an office away from patients.
  • devil_in_a_blue_dress
    devil_in_a_blue_dress Posts: 5,214 Member
    Please think of others. You work in a hospital - it is likely not for your benefit that you are being told to have one but for those with compromised immune systems that cannot as easily fight off the flu.

    They are making allowances for religious conviction and other medically excuses - that is enough.
  • PixEm
    PixEm Posts: 190 Member
    I work for a hospital as well and they implemented the mandatory flu shot about 2 years ago. At first I was like WTH, but figured I needed my job more and they were simply trying to keep me and our patients protected from a nasty illness.
  • bulbadoof
    bulbadoof Posts: 1,058 Member
    I don't take medicine for spiritual reasons and would oppose such a mandate as I am technically not religious and would therefore technically not be exempt.

    Then again, I wouldn't work in a hospital with these principles, so I can't really say it's unfair or out of place in that sort of work area.
  • Seriousmom3
    Seriousmom3 Posts: 164
    I work in Labor and Deliver and deal with the babies. I would rather get the flu shot than possibly give the flu to one of my babies. Also we have had a couple of pregnant women die of the flu, alot of our Dr's require the moms to get the flu shot in their office. Our hospital also pays for them. I say get it, but that's just me.

    Yes! My twin boys were in the NICU for 8w...while there they contracted MRSA, along with some other babies...also a nurse tested positive for MRSA at that time...they spent 6 wks in quarantine because their nurse didn't wash her hands....you can't play around with things like that. Nothing bad happened, but it could have.
  • fbmandy55
    fbmandy55 Posts: 5,263 Member
    It bothers me that drugs are the answer to everything. Why don't they enforce healthy eating and exercise. They would rather put donuts and pizza in the breakroom for everyone and then mandate a shot. It makes no sense to me!!

    This too. The fact that the Flu shot isn't even very useful and they just push it onto people. The flu strains evolve every year and the flu shot you receive potentially won't even be the flu strain you will end up getting sick from.

    http://www.naturalnews.com/024624_flu_the_shot.html

    They probably get a discount on their employee health coverage for doing this and THAT is the only reason it is being required... Of course people read on the news or internet that they should have one and go all crazy. Sheep...
  • grubb1019
    grubb1019 Posts: 371 Member
    I am a teacher and I get the flu shot every year, it has never made me sick. The years that I didn't get it I also seem to get sicker with other things more often. I wish we could get it for free.

    My sister never used to get her flu shot, last year she had the flu and thought she might die. Not literally, but she sure felt like it. She said she will never not get it again.
  • DesireeLovesOrganic
    DesireeLovesOrganic Posts: 456 Member
    I think it's is ridiculous they can attempt to force it on you. I would never get it. Do a religious exemption if you have to. As of now, in the US, you are free to have whatever religious convictions you want....

    I've never gotten a flu shot (and neither have my kids) and we've never gotten the flu.
  • blueeylb
    blueeylb Posts: 297 Member
    for the past few yrs the to hospitals i've worked at has required us to get it. it's mandatory for us who work in the ER and L&D! @ the one hospital if we work in these 2 areas and don't get it they will transfer us to a different dept IF they have any opennings if not too bad for us we made our bed.... if you work in these to areas you are in the "line of fire" to either get it or give it. for me i'd rather just get the shot if i can prevent my kids from getting sick from me or if i worked in l&d i don't want to be the person responsable to giving a newborn or a premee the flu.....
  • Golfgirl16
    Golfgirl16 Posts: 26 Member
    I'd refuse! The only time I ever had the flu, was the year I got the flu shot! It could have been my luck, but I'm not willing to take any chances again!
  • serena569
    serena569 Posts: 427 Member
    I'm all for it. If you chose to work in a hospital than you should do everything you can to not get sick and spread illness. If you don't want to follow those rules, go into home healthcare were you can be your own boss.

    Yes I see what you mean but I work in an office away from patients.

    Me too but it's not like we're in isolation. My office doesn't have a private door to the outside. I don't have a private bathroom. The cafeteria is shared with patients and their families. Patients and families always stop us in the hallways to help them find their way.

    I get the shot because it's free and I don't have time to be sick.
  • jenilla1
    jenilla1 Posts: 11,118 Member
    ...I took a survey who did and didnot not get the flu shot and what happened? everyone who recieve the flu shot GOT SICK AND lost work time. DO NOT TAKE THE FLU SHOT

    :laugh: Bahahahaha! Real scientific survey, huh? You should publish those results in a medical journal. I'm a teacher and I get a flu shot every year, because I hate getting the flu with a passion. My district offers the shot for free, but does not require it. I have not gotten the flu in all the years that I have taken the shot. It's a relief when everyone around you is puking out both ends and you're doing just fine. Of course, I could blame all the colds I've gotten on the flu shot, like so many people have done here, but I realize that my flu vaccine doesn't cause or prevent regular old colds. :flowerforyou:
  • ChihakuZeal
    ChihakuZeal Posts: 65
    I would refuse it since I have never had a flu shot before, and I never had the flu.
    All of my other friends who had it would get it, and if I have to wear a mask all day to test my immunity, then so be it.
    I shouldn't have to have vaccinations forced into my body unless I agree to them.
  • Presleyforpresident
    Presleyforpresident Posts: 172
    i personally don't believe in government/medical injections.
    i don't want to have someone stick a needle into my arm and pump me full of an unknown substance that i don't trust,
    like my dad gets flu shots every year. he'd be thrilled to get one
    and i'd be stark raving pissed and fight it.
  • rorae
    rorae Posts: 34 Member
    I have been in hospitals for 30+ years. I used to get the flu shot , like a good little soldier. I stopped a few years ago, when the CDC admitted they "goofed" up the formulas. hmmm.
    I also have not had the flu for years, if ever.
    It is mandatory for patient care staff, or they may choose to wear a mask during patient contact.
    So while I appreciate all the comments from people who say we work where we do, so we should do everything we can to keep the patients healthy....how would you feel if your employer told you that "doritos" are not allowed because you are overweight , or you must take this shot to increase your productivity.....seriously think about it. Where does this type of thing end?
  • momof2TONI
    momof2TONI Posts: 112 Member
    I used to be against getting a flu shot, and I got sick with the flu nearly ever year. I finally started getting a flu shot every year and have not gotten the flu since. (knock on wood)
  • cobes24
    cobes24 Posts: 132 Member
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    If a hospital worker has the flu he/ she shouldn't be working in the hospital until they are better.
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    And who will take care of the patients while that worker is out? It's not like a desk job where your work waits for you until you come back. Patients require 24-7 care--you have to be half dead to call out sick.

    In my current position, I am 50% of the workforce--it's me and another provider for the duration of my shift. I have yet to call out sick; I self medicate to control my symptoms and I show up for work. I wait until a day off to wallow in my illness. I can think of 2 times in the last year where one of my partners called in sick--one case he was in the ER with a kidney stone, the other he was pooping uncontrollably.
  • Lisaherbalmomma
    Lisaherbalmomma Posts: 63
    I would let state my reasons for refusing and let them fire me, if they so chose to. My grandmother was sick as a dog after getting a flu shot two diff times and I know others that it happened to. Also, check out all the info about it-it's not science at all, it's a money maker for pharms and buddies. It's not hard to find the truth about flu shots.
  • jessicamarie81
    jessicamarie81 Posts: 441 Member
    I couldn't believe the way I felt after being practically forced to get the flu shot, as soon as I came back to my office I felt immediately sick...I got a sore throat and runny nose, that night I had nausea, chills, and a fever, I felt like utter crap and I never get sick. I researched about the flu shot that night and people say you cannot get sick from the flu shot, but why do so many? And immediately after getting said shot? I've never had the flu in my life but for the first time in my 30 years after getting the shot I felt like I had it. Never again will I get the flu shot and no one better make me.
  • tacp
    tacp Posts: 2
    To me, getting or not getting the shot is not the big issue… for some people it works, for others it doesn’t… The problem is that an employer is forcing its employees to put something INSIDE their bodies and then resort to using threats of termination to demand compliance. That is the big issue...

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