I was fortunate to get a medical exemption...
I watched sadly as my fellow coworkers submitted
to having the flu shot... MANY did NOT want to but
didn't want to lose their job.

There's something about the numbers they are giving
that just doesn't seem right to me...... out of this
many people there are only 90 religious exemptions,
and only 321 medical exemptions... doesn't sound right
to me.

They don't talk about all the employees who got sick
after getting the shot...... there were a fair number
of those in my dept. And of course those sick days were
counted against the employee.

Its a sad day for this country when a company can hold
your body hostage. YOUR company will now demand that you
step up for a shot. There will be no end to this. Now that
one company has succeeded in trouncing on the rights of its
employees ... they all will. And then what will be the next
poison they want to inject into you? Its a very sad day indeed.


Pam Murphy,M.S.H.N.,RRT


--- In MCCFHC@yahoogroups.com, "MCC-FHC" <email@...> wrote:
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> Posted on the Pediatric SuperSite on March 23, 2009
>
> Mandatory flu vaccination program achieved almost total compliance
>
>
> A mandatory influenza vaccination campaign at BJC HealthCare achieved a 98.4%
compliance rate, according to findings presented at The Society for Healthcare
Epidemiology of America's 2009 Annual Scientific Meeting held in San Diego.
>
> Hillary Babcock, MD, MPH, of the Washington University School of Medicine in
St. Louis, Mo. presented the results.
>
> In October 2008, influenza vaccination was made a condition of employment for
the 25,982 active employees. Medical or religious exemptions were allowed, as
were requests for temporary postponement of vaccination.
>
> Eleven employees were either not vaccinated or exempt for other reasons, 90
employees received religious exemptions and 321 employees received medical
exemptions, resulting in the vaccination of 25,560 employees.
>
> "Employees who had neither been vaccinated nor received an exemption by Dec.
15, 2008 had their employment suspended for 30 days," Babcock said. "Those who
were not vaccinated by Jan. 15, 2009 were terminated." Eight employees refused
vaccination and were terminated.
>
> "Many of the exemption requests we received were based on misinformation,
leading us to conclude that better communication may be helpful in instituting
vaccination campaigns," Babcock said. "We also believe that a standardized
medical exemption form could simplify the request and review process." - by Rob
Volansky
>
> For more information:
>
> a.. Babcock H. #517. Presented at: Annual Meeting of the Society for
Healthcare Epidemiology of America; March 19-22, 2009; San Diego.
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>
> http://www.pediatricsupersite.com/view.aspx?rid=38084
>