This is a sore subject with me but yes, I will probably be getting one...under duress! And I make sure that when I sign the paper at work that they are sure to note that!
If I don't get the flu shot in the nursing home where I work (and it's the same as most nursing homes around here) then if there is a flu outbreak in the home, I will not be allowed to come in for work...no pay either!
I have never had the flu shot until the last couple of years. Two years ago I didn't have it and had to stay home and lost a lot of pay right before Christmas...I just couldn't afford to take that chance again so I got the shot last year even though I didn't want it
I have given my older children the option. They are 14 and 16 and I think old enough to decide for themselves...though neither one gets it.
it's not so much that I'm against the needle I think, it's just being told that I have to get it, which totally takes my freedom of choice away! When I started in the nursing home getting the mandatory shot every year wasn't even heard of, it's just been the last few years that the health units have made that call and said we all must have it or not come to work in the case of an outbreak.
it's not so much that I'm against the needle I think, it's just being told that I have to get it, which totally takes my freedom of choice away! When I started in the nursing home getting the mandatory shot every year wasn't even heard of, it's just been the last few years that the health units have made that call and said we all must have it or not come to work in the case of an outbreak.
I also have a problem with the law making us wear our seatbelts. I know it saves lives but again it's MY choice, it shouldn't be theirs!! I'm not hurting anyone else by not wearing it. So you can see that I just seem to have an issue with taking orders!!lol
Though, at our home (knock on wood) we are all healthy. The kids didn't even have the normal ear infection and such that seem to plague most kids. We don't take medicine here unless it's quite serious. Any aspirin or fever medication I buy for just in case, always expires before the bottle is barely opened. So I don't see the need to get a shot for the flu that we will all most likely get anyway if we are exposed to the virus.(the shot doesn't necessarily prevent you from getting the same strain or all the other ones that are floating around in the air!) Our bodies seem to have built up a fine immunity system all on their own, and I feel good about making it my choice to not get a shot based on the information I know about my family.
Sorry, didn't mean to write a book, lol!
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