Also, I’m not defending their actions, just offering an opinion as to why they have come up with this, obviously, distasteful policy.
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In America, we know that it’s the people who are supposed to have the power because we elect these people to support our wishes. They’re not supposed to really know more than us; they’re supposed to inform us of stuff and let us make up our own minds. Sure, there are some laws they pass that are for the greater good, but if we don’t like those laws then we have the opportunity to vote those folks out of office.

In this particular case, the guy who established this thing, which has sense been ended, wasn’t an elected official, and that was our main gripe. He shouldn’t have had the authority to be allowed to do what he did. We elect our sheriffs most of the time, so they can lead the police. That’s what it’s all supposed to be about.

That, plus we’re not children, and I personally will never accept the government, or any government, as my parent.

As parents we sometimes force certain things on our children because we know they will be better off for it, although there are times when we have to drag them kicking and screaming to get it done.
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Yeah, people are clamoring for these shots, and I think the media has fanned the flame in a big way on this one. I’m still not getting the shot; I’ll take my chances.

I’ve just watched a news broadcast showing all you Yanks lining up for flu shots and many complaining there ain’t enough going around. Strange world we live in

Anyway, as to the healthcare workers, my take is that they don’t want them to get sick, rather than them passing it on. After all, once you’re sick you don’t go to work. At least that’s how it works here.
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One, yes, health care workers are exposed to a lot of things, but the mandatory shot isn’t because they’re exposed, but because the health department said they’d be exposing others. The thing is sick people come in all the time; who’s exposing who?

Two, if you’ve never taken the flu shot you don’t know how it can make you feel. I took it two years in a row, 1990 and 1991, and got sick for 4 months both times. What the flu shot does is inject some of the flu in you, and it’s supposed to build up your antibodies so you can fight off ONLY that particular strain of flu. If there’s a second strain, and there usually is, you’re still going to get sick. But if you’re going to get sick for a long time, the shot isn’t all that much better than just getting the flu.

Three, you’re right, you’d have thought the unions would have stepped in. Most of them didn’t, but a couple of big ones finally did. As of Thursday night, the mandatory shots in New York State was ended, not because, so they say, of the lawsuit, but because there’s not close to enough H1N1 vaccine to go around, and there’s no way everyone can get it anyway. Supposedly NY state is only getting 23% of its allotment, so they want to save it for those people most at risk, pregnant women and children.

So, there you go. By the way, you don’t pay for these shots; no one is paying for them. Well, that’s not quite accurate. If you go certain places, you might have to pay for an administrative fee. Otherwise, it’s free. Good to have you back!

Over here the rather than making it mandatory, the Government has made it free and has commercials out recommending people, especially health care workers to have the shot.

I can understand the reasoning behind health care workers taking it over those working in restaurants etc, as they come into contact with people more susceptible to dying from exposure to the virus.

As to hospitals firing people for not taking it, well it seems that this is when the unions should be stepping in, especially as the government hasn’t stipulated what should happen to people who refuse to take the shot.

Personally, if I was working in a hospital where I was at risk of getting the flu, I reckon I would actually pay to have the shot.
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And, just to mention this, I never took a day off from work until I got married; isn’t that a shame? And I got married when I was 37, so that’s a long time. It was the first vacation I ever took. I’d do it differently now, but since I work for myself, it’s not much of an issue with myself. That, and, luckily, I rarely get that ill.