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In reply to the discussion: So the new anti-Vax mantra is "My body, My choice"? [View all]Moonwalk
(2,322 posts)...which is why hospitals require they get the flu vaccine. Because if they get the flu they can literally kill many patients. Even so, almost all such nurses required to get the flu vaccine were those working in the ICU. One nurse who refused was allowed to refuse, but then couldn't work in the ICU.
The big to-do was that she objected to not being able to work in the ICU unvaccinated. Which, in the end, isn't the right attitude for a nurse who should care about the health of her patients first and foremost. She doesn't have to compromise her beliefs and get the vaccine, but she does have to compromise her job choices given this belief if she wants to do right by the patients.
It's rather like those Christians who work giving out marriage licenses who say they shouldn't have to give them to gays because it's against their religion. They don't have to compromise their religion, but they do need to change jobs because they're not allowed to hurt people in following their religion. Either they do the job in a way that doesn't hurt anyone, or they do a different job where they can uphold their beliefs but not risk hurting anyone by it.
"Your Liberty To Swing Your Fist Ends Just Where My Nose Begins." Ditto here.