Physicians Oppose Mandatory Flu Vaccine for Health Workers
Dec 15, 2011
In letters to Colorado public health officials, the Association of American Physicians and Surgeons (AAPS) opposes a rule requiring workers in health care facilities to have an annual influenza vaccination or lose their jobs…
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In the age of “evidence-based medicine,” AAPS notes that there is surprisingly little evidence supporting the efficacy of influenza vaccine, and evidence of safety is also limited.
According to a 2006 article in the British Medical Journal by Tom Jefferson
Public health: Influenza vaccination: policy versus evidence, the coordinator of the vaccines section of the Cochrane Collaboration, safety data are reported in only five randomized studies with 2,963 observations. Many repeated doses of similar vaccines likely increase the risk of allergic reactions, and no data exist on the safety of a large number of doses, states Dr. Orient, citing a 2006 article in the Journal of American Physicians and Surgeons.
http://www.jpands.org/vol11no3/geier.pdf
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AAPS, a national organization of physicians in all specialties, was founded in 1943 to preserve and promote the practice of private medicine and the sanctity of the patient-physician relationship.
http://www.aapsonline.org/index.php/...ealth_workers/