Did that headline get your attention? It should, because as shocking as it sounds, that is exactly what employees at some hospitals around the United States are now being told. Now employees at these hospitals will be forced to choose between their job and taking the swine flu vaccine.
What would you do if you were forced to choose between your job and taking the swine flu vaccine against your will?
In an economy such as this, it can be a heart-wrenching decision.
In New York, health care workers who refuse to take the swine flu vaccine will not be able to work anywhere else in the state due to a new regulation requiring workers there to take the swine flu vaccine.
According to New York state health department spokeswoman Claire Pospisil, the new regulation, which took effect on August 13th, requires all hospitals and health care facilities to provide proof that all of their workers are vaccinated for the swine flu. If they cannot provide such proof by the deadline, these institutions will face fines of $2,000 for the first offense and up to $5,000 for subsequent offenses.
This new policy is causing a lot of controversy in cities such as Albany, New York where about 25,000 hospital and health facility employees will be affected. Not only will doctors and nurses be forced to get swine flu injections, but also janitors and food service workers will be forced to comply or will be faced with termination.
St. Peter's Hospital spokesman Elmer Streeter was very clear about what this new policy means for their employees:
"We will be requiring it of all our employees as a condition of employment."
Some hospital employees in Charleston, West Virginia are facing a similar situation. While a decision is still being made whether or not the swine flu vaccine will be required this year, employees at Charleston Area Medical Center are being forced to get seasonal flu shots this year by December 15th or they will be fired.
CAMC Director of Epidemiology Terrie Lee told the media the following about this new policy:
"Our board of trustees and administrators had been discussing this for a couple years. We decided this year to make it a mandatory process for all of our employees."
So will more hospitals adopt similar guidelines? Will tens of thousands of doctors and nurses across the United States be forced to choose between their careers and taking the swine flu vaccine?
Probably.
You see, the U.S. government realizes that it would be a mistake for them to directly force the American people to take the swine flu vaccine. Just today, Barack Obama said that the U.S. government will only "strongly recommend" that Americans take the swine flu vaccine.
Instead, it is likely that the U.S. government and world health authorities will start to put pressure on employers and schools to come up with their own mandatory regulations.
So while other countries around the world are forcing their citizens to take the swine flu shot, in the United States you are likely to be required to take the vaccine by your employer or by your school.
So what would you do in such a case?
Would you quit your job just to avoid the vaccine?
Would you quit school to avoid it?
Or would you take the swine flu vaccine and risk being killed or crippled for life as thousands of Americans were after taking the swine flu vaccine in 1976?
A lot of Americans are going to be faced with some really tough choices in the coming months.
Meanwhile, a shocking "facility quarantine order" document for swine flu victims has been discovered on the Internet. This document from the Iowa department of public health is meant to inform swine flu victims that they are to leave their homes and be quarantined in a government facility. This form contains stunning phrases such as "quarantine in your home and other less restrictive alternatives are not acceptable".
Basically this form was prepared in the event that authorities decide that it is time to forcibly relocate swine flu victims from their homes to a government detention center.
Do you find all of this chilling?
You should.
Let us hope that these moves towards mandatory vaccinations and forced quarantines do not go any further. So far the swine flu has only killed a few hundred people around the globe and the massive overreaction by authorities to this disease seemingly makes no sense at this point.
I am a RN working in a hospital and my employer (HCA)has basically mandated that the regular flu and swine flu vaccines are required – the only excepts are egg allergy, history of Guillan Barre or “religious objections”. Individuals who do not take the flu vaccines MUST wear a surgical mask for six consecutive months.
I had the swine flu this past April – still HAVE to take the vaccine (one I object because it has not been adequately tested). I intend to take the vaccine to salvage my job, but on the form I have to sign, I have every intention of stating my signature was done “under duress”. I don’t know if this will afford me legal action should the vaccine be found to cause serious and deadly side effects.
By the way, I take the regular flu shot every season – and I still get the flu and then a write up for calling in. I have every intention, should I get the flu, to continue to work, again, to salvage my job. Such a sad situation.
I too am an HCA employee and have just recently been told of the new policy. I am wondering what the benefit is to the hospital by having all employees vaccinated.
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WAKE UP PEOPLE! This is modern day Nazi Germany we are living in. Do not take the poison. You can fight it. Demand the ‘regulation’ that states you have to take this shot or threaten them with a lawsuit.
Why have we given up the liberty of our body to be TESTED with a DANGEROUS and LIFE-THREATENING POISON? Did you know that testing within clinical controlled research environments is not something that exists anymore!? Testing is now being done to the GENERAL POPULATION. This is why it is becoming MANDATORY to consume this POISON. The are no research volunteers anymore…they all died! So the Center for Disease Control has now started with their own- medical doctors and associated staff. If they survive then its time to start with their patients. If they survive then it is spread all oevr the country. No wonder MD’s DO NOT WANT TO take this vaccination or even have their family take it. That should speak for itself. WAKE UP AMERICANS! We are being tested upon like mere cattle. I am a proponent of CHOICE, no mandatory innoculations. If this is allowed to continue you will see within the next 3-5 years a national arena that mimics that of Nazi Germany. Dont say you were not warned. Ignorance is NO LONGER an option. EDUCATE before you vaccinate!
I WAS an HCA employee in Kansas until today. I refuse to take a vaccine that has not only not been adequately tested, but one that the government is pushing so hard makes me leery of what’s in it. I refused to wear a mask for 6 months and so I found another job within a week at a private clinic and am glad to leave the BS of HCA behind! NO ONE will tell me what I have to do with my body. There are ALWAYS options! Especially if you’re an RN, you can find a job anywhere!!
i frequently work HCA hospitals, am in a high risk group -over 50yo-an RN who never takes “flu” shots and have never hAD THE “FLU”. i READ ONLINE ABOUT AM MEETING IN mINNEAPOLIS WHERE IT WAS DETERINED THAT THE MAIN REASON EMPLOYERS ARE REQUIRING FLU SHOTS IS TO AVOID ‘ABSENTEEISM. so we can nurse those who for whatever reason come down with flu?? BULL—-
I don’t feel right about being told I have to inject my body with anything that isn’t saving my life. I’m confused due to the fact I was just hired in April and at that time it was an option now they want to force me. I really like where I work but not to the extent of losing the right to make my own decisions. Everyone who comes to where I work has rights, but not the people who work there. Freedom Ha what a JOKE! Slowly but surely you and I will have no say in anything even our own bodies.
I totally agree with the above statements. I am a nurse working in a michigan hospital. We were told we had to wear a mask from Oct to April if we didn’t receive the vaccine. Mask’s actually work for approx 15 min. So explain to me how this is going to prevent us from catching or spreading the swine flu germ. I have been a health care worker for 35 yrs. I take very good care of myself with a very healthy diet and exercise. The only med I take is a vitamin. My husband is following the same life style. Isn’t it amazing we are both healthy and not taking any meds. I have never received a vaccine for any kind of flu and have had the flu 3 times in 20 yrs. I refuse to put any foreign substance into my body developed by a pharmacutical company. A healthy lifestyle is what the government should be focusing on. Not forcing us to put more drugs into our bodies without knowing all the side effects.
I’m also an HCA employee – with very limited patient contact. I’m an office worker…not a nurse…and I’m still being forced to take the vaccine or wear a mask. This is ridiculous!! Today I turned down the vaccine; I also refused to sign their declination form that stated I ‘voluntarily’ agreed to terminate my job if caught not wearing a mask. No-one has the right to tell me what I have to do with my body. When HCA can provide me with a signed statement telling me that they will take FULL responsibility for whatever happens to me because of the shot…perhaps then I will reconsider accepting it.
I am an RN at an HCA hospital as well. I refused the flu shot and went down to the pharmacy to find out what is in the shot. I found that a strain of H1N1 is in Flulaval, the vaccine that the hospital is using. I then let fellow employees and my nurse manager know about this. They were stirred, but not to action. I will have to wear a mask for refusing the shot.
This is the start of the end when they mandate a untested vaccine obama received alot of money from medical companys during his run now we pay with blood
No you cannot sue the drug companies – they are protected. If the WHO declares a level 6 pandemic, then it can be forced by govt. Please check out http://www.theflucase.com – find another job it’s easier.
This is so stupid! I’ve had the swine flu and it’s nowhere near as bad as a regular flu. Of course, it wasn’t a cake walk and even after 11 days I’m still not back to 100%, but still… why are they making such a big damn deal about it? Grrr, so frustrating, MSM loves to brainwash everyone with such fear. This vaccine nonsense is so pathetic and makes me ashamed to be a human being sometimes.
I just wrote an article about this same thing. I really wish employers would be a more flexible with their staff over this flu.
http://www.lawfirms.com/pig-flu-employment.html
Seriously.. all nurses and healthcare workers, secretaries, janitors, etc.. need to take a stand and show some guts.. if all healthcare workers united and fought this they would back off in a heartbeat.. they have the economy on their side and everyone is so compliant.. this USED to be America.. land of freedom, free will, free choice! Has everyone given up on that concept??? DON’T TAKE THE SHOT.. just based on the principle alone! Stand up for your rights.. our government, media, bosses, etc.. feed us information they want us to know.. period… this is about money.. maybe I’ll go live with the illegals so I can get free food, free healthcare, free rent, etc.. we treat them better than hard working americans.. I’ve risked my life for the good of others working as a nurse and this is the thanks I get in the end?? get a shot or be fired???? What ever happened to the backbone of America.. all of what our parents fought for with labor unions and rights.. we just threw it all out the window by allowing our employers to control us! Wake up! what’s next??
I agree with every one above me. DONT TAKE THE SHOT!!!
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“Seriously.. all nurses and healthcare workers, secretaries, janitors, etc.. need to take a stand and show some guts.. if all healthcare workers united and fought this they would back off in a heartbeat.. they have the economy on their side and everyone is so compliant.. this USED to be America.. land of freedom, free will, free choice! Has everyone given up on that concept??? DON’T TAKE THE SHOT.. just based on the principle alone! Stand up for your rights.. our government, media, bosses, etc.. feed us information they want us to know.. period… this is about money.. maybe I’ll go live with the illegals so I can get free food, free healthcare, free rent, etc.. we treat them better than hard working americans.. I’ve risked my life for the good of others working as a nurse and this is the thanks I get in the end?? get a shot or be fired???? What ever happened to the backbone of America.. all of what our parents fought for with labor unions and rights.. we just threw it all out the window by allowing our employers to control us! Wake up! what’s next??” -Mass RN
I think that you guys shouldnt take the shot, read what everyone else said and Mass RN
I will probably lose my job tomorrow, I work in an Independent facility which also has Assisted Living, and Nursing Home attached. I can no longer wear the mask while I work, it is affecting me physically as I am a waitress, and it is very hard to breath. It is frustrating, because I feel I have no rights. I have never taken the flu shot and chose to take care of myself.
Any suggestions or any good lawyers out there?