Haha! Somehow I don't think that policy would go over well in most hospitals
I work in a large hospital and they try to pretend like it's important for the employees to get their yearly jab (even for those who don't directly work with patients). For some reason, it's "problematic" (not legal yet) for them to force employees to get these shots, so they do their best to educate (brainwash) us into willingly participate in their little medical experiement. This year they went as far as to having us sign a waiver if we didn't want the shot. I guess their reasoning was that they wanted to make it seem like an important thing. I guarantee you most of the docs didn't get their shot and I'm sure most of them realize it's worthless at best and harmful at worst.
I'll have to look for the article, but I read last year that a hospital in Texas tried requiring employees the flu shot and it caused the nurses to strike (what does that tell you?!?). Most hospitals have a hard enough finding/retaining nurses these days without draconian employee mandates as it is. I don't think this would go over too well as a policy nationwide.
Saddly though, a lot of misinformed employees willingly submit to the shot. They're usually the ones to get sick first. Typically within 2-3 weeks after they get the shot. Most of them still don't make the connection though!
Doc: Marty, you're not thinking fourth dimensionally!
Marty McFly: Yeah, I know, I got a real problem with that.
