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St. Joseph Health System Employees Must Get Flu Shots
Updated: Thursday, 06 Jan 2011, 9:23 PM EST
Published : Thursday, 06 Jan 2011, 9:23 PM EST
By ROBIN SCHWARTZ
WJBK | myFOXDetroit.com
SOUTHFIELD, Mich. (WJBK) - Every year the Centers for Disease Control recommends it. Everyone six months of age or older is urged to get a flu shot.
However, Saint Joseph Mercy Health System is taking that recommendation a step further. They are requiring all employees to get vaccines for flu and whopping cough or lose their jobs.
"I heard numerous stories, very sad. A pregnant woman was sitting there waiting to get her vaccine very nervous, crying. When they called her name, she ended up just running out of the room. She just couldn't do it," said Audra Arndt.
She is an attorney for several employees that say the new policy violates their rights.
The health system said about 50-percent of workers do not get a flu shot when given the option. Some, such as Arndt's brother-in-law, have never had one...
St. Joseph Health System Employees Must Get Flu Shots
Updated: Thursday, 06 Jan 2011, 9:23 PM EST
Published : Thursday, 06 Jan 2011, 9:23 PM EST
By ROBIN SCHWARTZ
WJBK | myFOXDetroit.com
SOUTHFIELD, Mich. (WJBK) - Every year the Centers for Disease Control recommends it. Everyone six months of age or older is urged to get a flu shot.
However, Saint Joseph Mercy Health System is taking that recommendation a step further. They are requiring all employees to get vaccines for flu and whopping cough or lose their jobs.
"I heard numerous stories, very sad. A pregnant woman was sitting there waiting to get her vaccine very nervous, crying. When they called her name, she ended up just running out of the room. She just couldn't do it," said Audra Arndt.
She is an attorney for several employees that say the new policy violates their rights.
The health system said about 50-percent of workers do not get a flu shot when given the option. Some, such as Arndt's brother-in-law, have never had one...
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