CV and mad panic behaviour

[ElwoodBlues1]

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?

Patients have the right to refuse treatment from a staff member regardless of CoVid, you can ask for a different nurse as long as the request is appropriate. ie you cant ask for the white nurse......or the pretty one.
Older folk might ask for the Italian, Greek, Manderin speaking nurse etc etc........
If you dont want the unvaccinated nurse then I am sure she will be happy to pass you over to another nurse and reduce her workload...
Unfortunately for Nurses they dont get to choose their patients...