New York Health Workers: Get Vaccinated or Get Fired

September 29th, 2009

There are many people reading this who work in health care. How hard would it be to “obtain” a sample of the actual H1N1 vaccine and have it analyzed?

What I mean is: A sample from the stuff that is actually distributed to clinicians and meant for use on the public. Assuming that a sample of the vaccine could be obtained, what would be the (approximate) cost to have it analyzed and what types of organizations could do that properly?

Is it possible that this would be done as a matter of routine? If so, where do we look to find that information?

Via: Newsday:

Despite a planned rally in Albany Tuesday to protest a state regulation requiring health care workers be vaccinated against influenza — both seasonal and swine flu — New York’s top public health official predicts dissenters will ultimately extinguish their anger and roll up their sleeves.

The regulation, which was approved in August, comes with a stinging addendum: Get vaccinated or get fired.

But some nurses and many other health care providers say the regulation violates their personal freedom and leaves them vulnerable to vaccine injury. And they cite deaths associated with the last federal government swine-flu vaccination program in 1976.

5 Responses to “New York Health Workers: Get Vaccinated or Get Fired”

  1. Eileen says:

    I don’t know what I would do if I were in these folks shoes.
    Maybe a compromise – union members would be willing to have their vitamin D3 level checked. That is a true marker as to how disease resistant the body is, and if deficient and against a vaccine start supplement ASAP.
    But then again, it is so ‘ridiculous’ of me to not believe in vaccines and that they would stop a disease from spreading.
    Guess I should be washing my hands more often, as if that’s going to make any difference. snort.

  2. jburke6000 says:

    Actually, just about any Dr’s office or med facility can send out for a lab analysis of liquid samples. However, every dose is tracked so it isn’t “wasted”. Also, would a lab report its findings to the authorities?

  3. Ann says:

    You can find out the basic chemical constituents by running it through a specrtometer, which any decent chem lab should have. Any more than that would require a pretty good biochem lab -but no more so than what you would find on most college campuses. The hardest part, if you had or could get access to a lab, would be getting a sample of the vaccine.

  4. Kevin says:

    @jburke6000

    These vaccines are going to have bits of DNA from various creatures, metals and other toxic substances like MSG in them. Is the average medical lab going to be able to identify all of that stuff?

    (Ann’s comment just came in as I was writing this.)

  5. Larry Glick says:

    Homeopathic medicine has proved that “sub-molecular” amounts of a substance can have effects upon the body’s immune system. Therefore, a spectrometric analysis may not even provide the information.

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