Healthcare Workers Shun Flu Shots

As a diabetic, I get a flu shot every year. I had assumed that the healthcare workers I came in contact with also got them. But you know what they say about assuming! An article from Forbes said as many as half of all the healthcare workers around don’t get a flu shot. They say this brings up two very important points of concern. One, that if they people get sick themselves, who will treat the patients? And two, that they could possibly infect more people by having the disease themselves.

I understand that healthcare workers have a lot of diseases that they are in contact with. So they probably have a good immune system in general, and also, they couldn’t possibly protect themselves from everything. But the flu? When we have something like a vaccine? Is this smart?

What do you think?

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