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A fast food worker is REQUIRED to wash his hands after using the bathroom. Nobody is going to strap this guy down and force him to get a flu shot. But if he wants to remain employed, he will. That's his choice.
originally posted by: Metallicus
Isn't it weird that you can kill an unborn child in this country because it is 'your body, your choice', but when it comes to these vaccines your choices are taken away from you? It is BS and you should fight this any way you can if you feel strongly about not getting this shot.
When I was younger I worked for a jail. Every year, mandatory flu shot. Any profession where you getting infected might cause a mini-epidemic is probably a good statute for the employer to require flu shots.
originally posted by: boymonkey74
I get a flu shot every year to help tge vulnerable people I look after.
Everyone should get one who works in healthcare. It is the right moral thing to do.
originally posted by: Swing80s
So things are starting to get VERY anal in the medical community. Between this new type of TB test that's 2 series and requires 4 doctor visits, and Varicella BS (I always thought it was a right of passage as a kid and you don't need to give me that whole .00000whatever% kids die from it each yeah from chicken pox). Anyways I'm willing to go through it all which I have (quite a long list), but I WILL NOT get vaccinated for a seasonal flu shot. It is against my moral and ethical beliefs as a human being so can I make it a First Amendment stance? I'll let them poke and prod me as much as they want but I'm not going to get a shot for last seasons flu. Can anybody here help me or tell me what to say to my superior to respectfully decline but still stay on her good side? Much appreciated.
A single 0.5 mL dose of Flublok contains sodium chloride (4.4 mg), monobasic sodium phosphate (0.195 mcg), dibasic sodium phosphate (1.3 mg), and polysorbate 20 (Tween®20) (27.5 mcg). Each 0.5 mL dose of Flublok may also contain residual amounts of baculovirus and Spodoptera frugiperda cell proteins (≤ 28.5 mcg), baculovirus and cellular DNA (≤ 10 ng), and Triton X-100 (≤ 100 mcg).
GHS Label elements, including precautionary statements
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H302 Harmful if swallowed.
H319 Causes serious eye irritation.
H411 Toxic to aquatic life with long lasting effects.
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P264 Wash skin thoroughly after handling.
P270 Do not eat, drink or smoke when using this product.
P273 Avoid release to the environment.
P280 Wear protective gloves/ eye protection/ face protection
originally posted by: bullcat
originally posted by: Iamthatbish
I use egg allergies. The virus is made in eggs therefore it can be considered an egg product.
www.cdc.gov...
"Flublok does not use the influenza virus or chicken eggs in its manufacturing process. See How Influenza (Flu) Vaccines Are Made for more information."
You are so out of luck now
The fact you have to find "excuses" says a lot about your freedoms in your land of the free.
Hope you don't go around proclaiming your freedoms and our jealous of them.
I have never been "forced" to take any vaccine in my country. Why is it like that there?
Even here you need "parental consent" forms to sign before you get your kids vaccinated in schools. Most parents are thick anyway and just sign.
The most common way that flu vaccines are made is using an egg-based manufacturing process that has been in existence for more than 70 years. Egg-based vaccine manufacturing is used to make both inactivated (killed) vaccine (usually called the “flu shot”) and live attenuated (weakened) vaccine (usually called the “nasal spray”).
originally posted by: boymonkey74
I get a flu shot every year to help tge vulnerable people I look after.
Everyone should get one who works in healthcare. It is the right moral thing to do.
It's easier to vaccine healthcare workers than to assume all patients are vaccinated.
originally posted by: StoutBroux
originally posted by: boymonkey74
I get a flu shot every year to help tge vulnerable people I look after.
Everyone should get one who works in healthcare. It is the right moral thing to do.
Don't the people you look after get flu vaccines? If so, their vaccines should protect them if they are contaminated with flu germs from yourself or ones you pick up and carry from the general population. Right???
originally posted by: ScientificRailgun
If you work in a medical profession, and it's part of your conditions of employment, then it is required. That simple.
If you had a problem with vaccines of any kind, you have no business working in the medical field, as vaccinations are (in the vast majority of cases) a REQUIREMENT to remain employed in the field.
Yup, and when the OP gets the flu and transmits it to an immune-compromised patient and that patient dies, I'm sure a checkmark on some form will make everything better, right?
originally posted by: bullcat
originally posted by: ScientificRailgun
If you work in a medical profession, and it's part of your conditions of employment, then it is required. That simple.
If you had a problem with vaccines of any kind, you have no business working in the medical field, as vaccinations are (in the vast majority of cases) a REQUIREMENT to remain employed in the field.
Nothing a simple check mark on a form cant solve.
originally posted by: rickymouse
I used to have doctors who would vouch for the fact that I cannot take a flu shot without getting a bad reaction. Both of those doctors are now dead and I doubt if their records exist anymore.
I would need to take a shot and get critically ill to gain evidence again and I am not going to go through that again.
My grandchildren have evidence from the doctors, but that evidence is probably not written down, if they change doctors then they probably lose their evidence. All they write down is that they do not take the shot. The doctors cannot say that the extremely bad reaction was definitely due to the flu shot, but the one did see that everyone of my daughters kids did get really sick from them. That should be evidence enough. They have uncovered some genetic variants that will show overreaction to vaccinations, but this only shows an increased reaction, it has not yet been thoroughly evaluated. Maybe in two or three years they will be able to figure it out. If you get a severe reaction to a shot, you have natural immunity to the flu. The flu can kill you though, it can trigger a very severe reaction sometimes. Knowing what to eat and not to eat is essential to keep your body from overreacting. This is an autimmune issue, You have what they call autoimmune diseases. These diseases need never express themselves, you need to learn what you can and cannot eat to keep the body from overreacting. If you have a hyperactive immune system, you do not want to eat a lot of food that builds it's reserves. Moderation should be observed.
I'll never willingly take a flu shot again. If they try to force me, I will move to a country that has smart enough people in it to understand what my concerns are. Evidently the smart people do not work in some hospitals.