Oct 21, 2009 8:47 AM

"The right to infect": SophiaZoe tells us what she really thinks about health workers & flu shots

Nurses and doctors have won a victory in their battle for their “right” to infect patients with easily prevented pandemic influenza. Judge Halts Flu Vaccine Mandate For Health Workers via pandemicchronicle.com Posted via web from David Dobbs’s Somatic Marker

Nurses and doctors have won a victory in their battle for their "right" to infect patients with easily prevented pandemic influenza.
Judge Halts Flu Vaccine Mandate For Health Workers

via pandemicchronicle.com Posted via web from David Dobbs's Somatic Marker

David Dobbs, author of the Kindle Single bestseller My Mother's Lover, writes features and essays for publications including the Atlantic, the New York Times Magazine, National Geographic, Nature, and other publications. He is working on his fourth book, The Orchid and the Dandelion. You also follow his wider wanderings on ... Read More

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