Pregnant nurse: I was fired for refusing flu vaccine

[Hekate]

13. Certainly she's entitled to do what she wants with herself,but she's NOT entitled to expose patients

... with weakened immune systems (and in some cases no immune system at all) to a deadly disease. She has no way of predicting whether or not she's going to catch the flu from someone coughing in her face in the grocery store, on the bus, or in the hospital itself. She's a health care worker and must put protection of her patients above a lot of other considerations.

While I have a great deal of sympathy for her three miscarriages, they don't speak well of her own health situation. She might have been better off had she made the decision to stop working for the duration -- that is, by applying for a medical leave of absence until she and her doctor were sure this pregnancy would endure, rather than getting stuck in a no-win battle over an important part of her job.

Yes, it is a terrible financial strain to quit work, and it takes an emotional toll too. But I know at least one woman who had to literally go on bed rest for half of each of her pregnancies because of medical complications. There are no easy decisions in these situations.