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Wednesday, June 01, 2005

Flu vaccinations

There's some scuttlebut going around the office I work in that they're planning to get a doctor in and give everyone 'flu vaccinations for the winter. Apparently it's supposed to "eliminate" sick days. Perhaps we'll all get lucky, being in Queensland, there's no guarantee (not even a probability) that winter will get here at all. Seriously, what is the point? Are people really taking that many sick days? And are that many of them really due to the 'flu? I know that the total number of sick days I've had over the last three years is still in single figures, and the majority of those were down to food poisoning and/or giardia. In fact, I don't think I've had a "winter" illness since 1998.

I've made it clear that I'm not at all interested in this. As far as I'm concerned, if I want a vaccination against anything in particular, I'll obtain it from a medical professional of my own choice. I'll be opting out, but I'm still wondering just how this idea came about. Considering the cost of getting a doctor to come along and do this, and considering that there's on guarantee that people will be taking any fewer sick days, is it likely to be worth it?

Something like this happening now suddenly puts a whole new perspective on just where the current changes to industrial relations
laws could lead. In the meantime, I'll look after my health in my own way thank you.

2 Comments:

Anonymous Anonymous said...

They don't send a MD. They send an RN to do the shots and a clerk or two to help with the paperwork. They can do about 2 shots a minute and pay a lot less than the MDs office. I had it some years, but most were cancelled due to last years US flu shot shortage. Suppose to reduce severity if you are exposed to the flu.

3:48 pm  
Blogger Chris L said...

Interesting comment. It's not so much the vaccination that worries me (although I don't see why I need it, given my health in recent "winters"). What concerns me is this idea that when people get sick, they should simply take a heap of pills (or an injection) and come to work regardless.

I'm of the belief that if you are genuinely ill, you should be in bed resting up and making a proper recovery, rather than spreading it around the office. Of course, that doesn't apply to those who take sick days without necessarily being sick, but is an injection really going to put a stop to that behaviour?

9:09 pm  

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