New Mandate for Healthcare Workers — Get Vaccinated or Lose Your Job

 

'From nurses, lab techs, and students, to clerical, security, and volunteer personnel, you may be given an ultimatum anytime now: get a flu vaccine or lose your job. 

A new federal working group, Healthcare-Associated Infections (HAIs) Increasing Influenza Vaccination Coverage Among Health Care Personnel (“the group”), has recommended that hospitals around the country implement a program to increase flu immunization rates to 90 percent by 2020.

Before exploring this new mandate—and your options—let’s ask some questions about the flu vaccine.'


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US Hospital Workers Fired For Refusing To Take Swine Flu Jab

PHILADELPHIA - December 4, 2009 (WPVI) -- 'This year, the Children's Hospital of Philadelphia made it mandatory for employees to get the seasonal flu shot. There were some exemptions made for medical or religious reasons, but some employees were denied that exemption and because they wouldn't get the shot they lost their jobs.

"We're very concerned because this is our livelihood, this is our main source of income, my husband and I, we have a mortgage; we have 5 children," terminated employee Tyrika Cowlay said.

'Tyrika and her husband are among nine CHOP employees who as of today lost their jobs due to refusing to be vaccinated against the seasonal flu.

'They refused the vaccine based on religious beliefs. They are not the only ones.

"I'm just standing up for what I believe in and it's hard, it really is," terminated employee Khadijah Muhammad said.

'Officials at CHOP say some religious exemption requests were accepted, others were not.

'Rodney Bond, a CHOP employee of more than 30 years who is now terminated, says this is not fair'

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