State forces nurses to receive flu shots

Sara L. Rombough, a registered nurse for 25 years, will lose her job in November if she refuses to get a flu shot.

The state Health Department is requiring that all direct care workers and those with whom they have contact be vaccinated for seasonal flu and the H1N1 virus, also known as swine flu.

“It’s a condition of employment,” the Massena Memorial Hospital employee said. “I’m not condemning Massena Memorial. It’s just that we’re being forced to take this against our will, without proof that the vaccine will even be effective.”

A New York State Nurses Association spokesman said the regulation has angered health care workers across the state.

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