(09-30-2021, 03:06 AM)ElwoodBlues1 link Wrote:My daughter is a vaxed RN, three of her friends who are senior RNs with specialities are not vaxed and you want to fire them and  replace them with what? How many lives is that going to cost, there needs to be a way to still employ highly skilled nurses unvaxed and not have them leave the job.
I don't want a mandate that sacks highly skilled staff replaces them with div2 enrolled trainees from parts unknown looking for an easy way to get to get residency and burns the remaining skilled nurses who have to cover for them....there is enough of that happening already.

(09-30-2021, 05:48 AM)Macca37 link Wrote:On reading your post, what springs to mind is the thought of three unvaccinated senior RNs working with patients more likely than not to have compromised immune systems. 

No doubt the three of them are well, otherwise they would not be working.  If they should catch covid their chances of survival are far greater than the patients under their control.

The question I have is this: given the dreadful situation facing staff and patients in our hospitals,  how many lives can they cost if they remain unvaccinated?

It just blows my mind that so-called responsible people knowingly place others in harm's way.

(09-30-2021, 06:26 AM)flyboy77 link Wrote:NSW Supreme Court hearing on now.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RRJYXZn7HPE

My word the lawyers acting for the Plaintiffs are terrible. Zero chance of a win.

(09-30-2021, 07:04 AM)Mav link Wrote:Let’s assume for the sake of argument that a nurse should have the right to work if s/he has concerns that s/he may be harmed by the vaccine, even if the risk is speculative and there’s a countervailing risk to patients and coworkers. Then shouldn’t the patients have a similar right to refuse to be treated by unvaccinated nurses? After all, as a subset of the population they have more to fear from Covid than the average punter. If you’re a transplant patient going in for a checkup, would you want to reduce the risks of being infected by staff?

To exercise such a right to object, the unvaccinated status of staff would need to be communicated to patients and a sufficient number of suitably qualified vaccinated staff would need to be available to avoid patients being forced by circumstances to accept treatment from unvaccinated staff. Of course, anti-vaxxers will say forcing the unvaccinated staff to reveal their status is like the Nazis forcing the Jews to wear yellow Stars of David ...

Should the privacy and rights of unvaccinated staff take priority over the rights of patients? Should patients be told that their fears are unreasonable and their nurses’ vaccination status is not theirs to know?