I do not think getting a vaccine impacts my job performance, and in fact it may hurt it.
Every organization in the country does not require a flu vaccine, or any other vaccine, and they do not even ask. This may happen in healthcare but even then you can object for good reason.
Who would bother to ask this stuff? The example I have are some hot topic ones where I would think people would highly object....only as ecamples.
It doesn't impact your job performance, but it does impact the health and safety of employees which employers are concerned about.
You're completely missing the point I'm making as well as misreading what I wrote. Every major health system and major health organization in the country requires the flu shot as condition of employment. Pre employment physical also requires all immunization records, tuberculosis screen, drug screen, tobacco screen, and some other things.
I literally have to get my flu shot at both hospitals I currently work at (both are part of the two largest health systems in the country) or I am removed from the schedule and face corrective action, up to and including termination if I don't get it.
They have the right to require those as terms of employment. I don't know anything about the rest of jobs and stuff because I've only ever worked healthcare, but employers can require those. If they require a drug screen, and you take a prescription medication that would.makr you test positive, they have every right to ask you about it and terms of employment. Again, if it's that big of a deal to you you have every right to refuse and not seek employment where they are asking.
I definitely don't agree with it and believe I should have the option to choose whether I want the flu vaccine every year, but I also know I chose this career and knew it would be terms of my employment. I could have gone into something else that didn't require it if it was that huge of a deal to me.
I think my post was delayed as I just sent in another. One of the problems in healthcare today is that it is more about generic public policy than actual individual care.
I am not into shaming people into submission over vaccines or other treatments that should be voluntary and a matter fo free will.
The healthcare system is overly imposing itself on people and other industries where it has no place. There are ample ways to keep an immune system healthy that do not require injections that some bureaucrat has decided they need.
Thank you for working in the healthcare system. It is appreciated.
Healthcare is both an individual and community focused field. For some things there needs to be much more focus on the others. For other things there needs to be a bigger focus on community. Unfortunately certain disease spreads from person to person which makes that a community problem. When you participate in society, you either agree to certain rules (vaccines for MMR, polio, etc to go to public schools or as an agreement for certain jobs) or you make the decision to live a life without those societal niceties and some extra hurdles to jump over.
Healthcare in this country is absolutely atrocious and health literacy is even worse. Healthy diet, exercise, vitamins, etc are all excellent and all your body really needs to fight something off, as a normal healthy individual. However, there are many people who are not able to do that or are immunocompromised and unable to do that naturally which is why vaccines are a thing and are important and (other than the covid vaccine) have very little to no real major risk.
I do not think getting a vaccine impacts my job performance, and in fact it may hurt it.
Every organization in the country does not require a flu vaccine, or any other vaccine, and they do not even ask. This may happen in healthcare but even then you can object for good reason.
Who would bother to ask this stuff? The example I have are some hot topic ones where I would think people would highly object....only as ecamples.
It doesn't impact your job performance, but it does impact the health and safety of employees which employers are concerned about.
You're completely missing the point I'm making as well as misreading what I wrote. Every major health system and major health organization in the country requires the flu shot as condition of employment. Pre employment physical also requires all immunization records, tuberculosis screen, drug screen, tobacco screen, and some other things.
I literally have to get my flu shot at both hospitals I currently work at (both are part of the two largest health systems in the country) or I am removed from the schedule and face corrective action, up to and including termination if I don't get it.
They have the right to require those as terms of employment. I don't know anything about the rest of jobs and stuff because I've only ever worked healthcare, but employers can require those. If they require a drug screen, and you take a prescription medication that would.makr you test positive, they have every right to ask you about it and terms of employment. Again, if it's that big of a deal to you you have every right to refuse and not seek employment where they are asking.
I definitely don't agree with it and believe I should have the option to choose whether I want the flu vaccine every year, but I also know I chose this career and knew it would be terms of my employment. I could have gone into something else that didn't require it if it was that huge of a deal to me.
I think my post was delayed as I just sent in another. One of the problems in healthcare today is that it is more about generic public policy than actual individual care.
I am not into shaming people into submission over vaccines or other treatments that should be voluntary and a matter fo free will.
The healthcare system is overly imposing itself on people and other industries where it has no place. There are ample ways to keep an immune system healthy that do not require injections that some bureaucrat has decided they need.
Thank you for working in the healthcare system. It is appreciated.
I 110% agree with this, to a certain degree.
Healthcare is both an individual and community focused field. For some things there needs to be much more focus on the others. For other things there needs to be a bigger focus on community. Unfortunately certain disease spreads from person to person which makes that a community problem. When you participate in society, you either agree to certain rules (vaccines for MMR, polio, etc to go to public schools or as an agreement for certain jobs) or you make the decision to live a life without those societal niceties and some extra hurdles to jump over.
Healthcare in this country is absolutely atrocious and health literacy is even worse. Healthy diet, exercise, vitamins, etc are all excellent and all your body really needs to fight something off, as a normal healthy individual. However, there are many people who are not able to do that or are immunocompromised and unable to do that naturally which is why vaccines are a thing and are important and (other than the covid vaccine) have very little to no real major risk.