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The refusal to get one is that I simply don't want a flu shot. I know too many people who've gotten a flu shot and then gotten sick.

Posted by Jim (aka Jim) Nov 2 '11, 07:10

I don't see where my reasons have anything to do with it though...it's a matter of being forced to get this concoction of who knows what shot into my arm at the risk of being suspended and then fired.

Worse comes to worse, I'll find a clergyman that will sign off on it for me.

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Write up an agreement that if you get it and get sick within 45 days, you get an extra week off of PTO. -- nm - JaxSean Nov 2, 07:44
Companies are trying to find ways to keep healthcare costs down. One is to ensure their workforce is healthy by any means necessary -- nm - budice Nov 2, 07:26
After 10 years in hospitals I have been told endlessly by docs that the stuff int he shot is dead and cant make you sick. Most people who "get sick"q - Capstern Nov 2, 07:26 2
- the shot is dead. the nasal spray is alive. -- nm - loosilu Nov 2, 07:27 1
  - oh no nasal spray thanks -- nm - Capstern Nov 2, 07:37
I'm with you Jim, I've never had one - never had the flu - so why start now? Mandatory? I'd laugh in their face -- nm - Epiphany Nov 2, 07:22 25
- Yeah, I've never had the flu either. Now, if they had a vaccine for sinus infections, I'd be all over that shit. - Jim Nov 2, 07:25 15
  - My wife was getting 1 or 2 a year before she used a neti pot and some nasal spray that an ENT perscribed her. -- nm - Strongbad Nov 2, 07:31 5
    - I might have to look into that. I get them all the time, but last year (well January of this year actually) was REALLY bad. -- nm - Jim Nov 2, 07:32 4
      - Her main problem was the swelling, which the nasal spray helps a lot. - Strongbad Nov 2, 07:37
      - I swear to you Jim, that the neti pot is the best ten bucks you can spend for that. - groiny Nov 2, 07:35 1
        
        my wife swears by them too -- nm - Beaker Nov 2, 07:36
      - not related, but it's the best thing for my pollen allergies. I hardly even need to take claritin any more. -- nm - loosilu Nov 2, 07:34
  - Have you considered sinus removal? -- nm - TFox Nov 2, 07:30 2
    - bastard doctors won't do it. -- nm - loosilu Nov 2, 07:31 1
      - That stinks! -- nm - Bacon Nov 2, 07:32
  - amen to that! - groiny Nov 2, 07:26 5
    - do you do the neti pot as a preventative or when you start to feel sick? I have one I'm too chicken to use. - Diva Nov 2, 07:28 4
      - I use it twice a week for preventative, and if I happen to feel a little twinge - groiny Nov 2, 07:33 3
        
        try sticking it up your nose this time. -- nm - Mel Profit Nov 2, 07:34 2
        
        that would also explain my regularity! nm -- nm - groiny Nov 2, 07:42 1
        
        *laughing* - Mel Profit Nov 2, 07:44
- You've never had polio either. Screw that vaccine! heh. ;) -- nm - Don Homer Nov 2, 07:23 4
  - yes cause that is the same. Silly goose. hee. -- nm - Epiphany Nov 2, 07:26 2
    - he's right though. "I've never personally had it" is just silly. -- nm - loosilu Nov 2, 07:27 1
      - I don't mess with stuff that is not broken - ya know? also I have anxiety about medical issues - Epiphany Nov 2, 07:34
  - did you see Brian's link yesterday about the Waldorf school in California? Very few of the kids are vaccinated against anything. - loosilu Nov 2, 07:26
- *makes a note to work on you* - loosilu Nov 2, 07:22 3
  - under or above me? - Epiphany Nov 2, 07:23 2
    - should the people vote? -- nm - loosilu Nov 2, 07:23 1
      - Only if they pass a test. -- nm - Don Homer Nov 2, 07:24
yeah, who knows what's in it? -- (link) - znufrii Nov 2, 07:20
*knocks on wood* I've not gotten a flu shot but once and that was the only time I had the flu in the last 20 years. -- nm - Will Hunting Nov 2, 07:20 7
- I hate when I get the squirts. - Diva Nov 2, 07:34 1
  - I love it when you squirt! -- nm - groiny si Nov 2, 07:36
- I think I remember getting one when I was 3 or 4, that was the last time. - znufrii Nov 2, 07:26
- Ummm, yeah. - kelly Nov 2, 07:24
- tru dat -- nm - budice Nov 2, 07:20
- err, pregnant women, h1n1, etc. -- nm - loosilu Nov 2, 07:20 1
  - Also, it immunizes against judgement. Less publicized perk. -- nm - TFox Nov 2, 07:23
I don't care that you don't want it, that's fine. I do find it odd that the two people posting about not wanting one... - TFox Nov 2, 07:15 4
- I want one. - Mel Profit Nov 2, 07:22 2
  - Oh I didn't mean you. krusty pretty adamantly didn't want one either. -- nm - TFox Nov 2, 07:25 1
    - Krusty is a Yankees Fan. What do you expect? -- nm - Mel Profit Nov 2, 07:29
- Not really the same, but sort of like how nurses seem to smoke at far higher rates than the overall pop. -- nm - Don Homer Nov 2, 07:16
*signs off for you* -- nm - Tim Tebow Nov 2, 07:15
stuff on B2 being said...I love the Flu Shot. - Mel Profit Nov 2, 07:15 1
- Some people do get sick from it (especially the live nasal spray). However, there is good science showing that the more people who get it, the more - loosilu Nov 2, 07:17
There shouldn't even be a religious exemption imo. -- nm - Don Homer Nov 2, 07:15 2
- "my religion considers mucous and vomitting holy." -- nm - Reagen Nov 2, 07:24 1
  - heh -- nm - Don Homer Nov 2, 07:30
fwiw, I don't think they should be able to force you to do it if you don't have patient contact. -- nm - loosilu Nov 2, 07:14

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The refusal to get one is that I simply don't want a flu shot. I know too many people who've gotten a flu shot and then gotten sick.

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