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Get the Flu Shot or You're Fired!
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Tue, 11-27-2012 - 11:25am

What do you think about a company making the flu vaccination mandatory?

TriHealth, a Cincinnati, Ohio-based health center fired 150 of its workers the Wednesday before Thanksgiving for not complying with a mandate that every member of the 10,800-person staff get the vaccine, which was being offered for free on-site. The workers had been given a month to comply with the mandate before Nov. 16, according to local Ohio news outlet, WLWT.

http://jobs.aol.com/articles/2012/11/27/mandatory-flu-shot-workers-fired/?icid=maing-grid7%7Cmaing7%7Cdl13%7Csec1_lnk2%26pLid%3D238479

The article says that the workers can appeal to be reinstated after they get the vaccine.  Do you think it's appropriate that a company can mandate what gets put into your body?  Does the fact that they are in the health care industry change your opinion?

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