USVI-On-Line

djmom wrote:Loria, hope he is better by now.

There are two children at our church that are very sick- one in the hospital. A friend's son was also hospitalized recently-he is ok now.

Will pray for those little children. Glad to hear that your friends son is better. So far it's been quiet up here in NY, time will tell.

Joppa wrote:Minde are you going to get the H1N1 vacine? I have chosen not to(for now). The hospital where I work is only asking that we sign a waiver if we choose not to vacinate. Our closest competitor is making staff wear a mask for their entire shift if they choose not to vacinate. Noone is testing the vacinated staff for Anti-bodies(like they do for the HepB) so how are we even sure the vacine is protecting them. I think this alone creates some legal issues if someone wanted to challenge these mandates.

Yes, assuming I can find it! We're mandated to wear a respirator when within 6' of any patient, until after immunization. I would be immunized even if not mandated. The respirator mandate makes me want to get it done ASAP, cause the things are uncomfortable! There's no vaccine to be found, around here, though. They keep scheduling PODs and then cancelling them because the vaccine didn't arrive. Our hospital got some but ran out before many of us could be immunized (with the injection....they still have some nasal vaccine). It's altogether frustrating...real PIA.