Laidback Al
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from the New York Times . . .
April 14, 2010
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<nyt_headline version="1.0" type=" "> They Should Know Better </nyt_headline>
<nyt_text>We were disturbed to learn that health care workers shunned the swine flu vaccine in droves. Their training and skills will be essential if there is a dangerous flu outbreak. They, of all people, should know how important it is for them to get vaccinated ? and that the risk of serious side effects is negligible.
The good news from a survey of health care workers conducted by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and the RAND Corporation is that 62 percent of them had received a vaccine to protect themselves against the standard seasonal flu by mid-January, a much higher percentage than in any previous season. By contrast, only 37 percent of the health care workers had received a vaccine against swine flu.
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The survey found that when employers required their health care workers to get vaccinated against swine flu they got 87 percent compliance; when they recommended that workers get vaccinated, they got 43 percent compliance; and when they did neither, they got only 11 percent of their workers vaccinated.
That strengthens the case for making flu shots mandatory for all health care workers in coming years.
http://www.nytimes.com/2010/04/14/opinion/14wed3.html
credits to HenryN
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April 14, 2010
<nyt_kicker>Editorial</nyt_kicker>
<nyt_headline version="1.0" type=" "> They Should Know Better </nyt_headline>
<nyt_text>We were disturbed to learn that health care workers shunned the swine flu vaccine in droves. Their training and skills will be essential if there is a dangerous flu outbreak. They, of all people, should know how important it is for them to get vaccinated ? and that the risk of serious side effects is negligible.
The good news from a survey of health care workers conducted by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and the RAND Corporation is that 62 percent of them had received a vaccine to protect themselves against the standard seasonal flu by mid-January, a much higher percentage than in any previous season. By contrast, only 37 percent of the health care workers had received a vaccine against swine flu.
. . .
The survey found that when employers required their health care workers to get vaccinated against swine flu they got 87 percent compliance; when they recommended that workers get vaccinated, they got 43 percent compliance; and when they did neither, they got only 11 percent of their workers vaccinated.
That strengthens the case for making flu shots mandatory for all health care workers in coming years.
http://www.nytimes.com/2010/04/14/opinion/14wed3.html
credits to HenryN
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