At HCA, it's the shot, the mask or the door
A Houston Chronicle piece on hospitals' flu prevention programs sheds some light on how strongly HCA Chief Medical Officer Jonathan Perlin feels about the issue when it comes to workers with direct patient contact.
Those who can't get vaccinated for medical or religious reasons will be asked to wear a mask, said Jonathan Perlin, president of clinical services and chief medical officer for the Nashville-based HCA, which has nine hospitals and 12,000 employees in the Houston area.
For those who won't, he said, HCA will consider that as a resignation.
"I don't want it" is just as
"I don't want it" is just as legitimate as "it goes against my religious beliefs" when it comes to reasons for not getting the shot.
Why don't they offer the option of wearing a mask to all employees?
heard last night on the radio
heard last night on the radio that in the UK the swine fle "pandemic" fizzled out already yet they are still trying to panic us here.
More people die every year from regular flu here then the swine flu killed worldwide.