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Seems a simple choice. Get vaccinated or find work in another less critical area of the economy. This respects everyones personal choices.
by SpikeDad 6y ago
Seems a simple choice. Get vaccinated or find work in another less critical area of the economy. This respects everyones personal choices.
- s1artibartfast 6y agoIm not sure I follow the logic here. Healthcare workers are essential and in short supply, and the risk of catching covid is that they won't be able to perform their job while they recover. It seems that removing them from the job is just ensuring the downside. I think a reasonable approach to the vaccine should at least include an optional roll out period. Some jobs require some vaccines, but these vaccines are well studied and have been used for decades. With a new vaccine, there are a number of factors that still need to be determined. The pregnant healthcare worker in the article is a great example of why flexibility is needed. Many existing vaccines are not recommended for pregnant women, and we don't have data on how this plays out for the new mRNA vaccines.
- objectivetruth 6y ago>the risk of catching covid is that they won't be able to perform their job while they recover. No. The risk of a nurse catching COVID is that they will be an asymptomatic spreader and spread it to many other people in the hospital, including the new mother who just gave birth, the 25-year-old otherwise healthy car accident victim, and a half-dozen co-workers who will be going out in the community. This is just the platonic ideal of HN, a bunch of engineers figuring that they can work out a better solution than the tens of thousands of public health scientists who have spent the past several decades working on vaccination and public health communication strategies.