Qwerty
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Trouble is we are already struggling to fill positions in care homes. At some stage our society is gonna have to grow up and realise these jobs need better pay. We need people fighting over the jobs.
Still gotta go somewhere.
Covid jab to become mandatory for care home staff
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Botchie
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If that's the case then fair enough imo. Tbh the vast majority of us are probably going to end up getting an annual shot anyway.
sidneyeric
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So it doesn't stop someone getting Covid but you have to have it to be a carer ? it doesn't make sense, like most of the bullshit that's been put out.
It reduces the risk of asymptomatic transmission, so it is a real benefit in a care home
sidneyeric
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By how much ?
Look at post 17
Lambchops
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Shit wage is better than no wage
Gaz
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Recommended but not mandatory iirc even for frontline staff, lots are working without them. There are frontline staff working on NHS & private wards today who have declined covid vaccine.
Not sure how it’ll work tbh, lot of care homes are private companies and its already been suggested it may not be legally enforceable. They risk losing more staff who already can’t be replaced, in private companies and the NHS.
It makes sense to get all staff vaccinated, but trying to make it a legal requirement will backfire imo
Qwerty
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There's already recruitment issues in the care sector though. How will threatening to sack staff help that?
Lambchops
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If they want to work they'll do it
Qwerty
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Whilst I don’t love the idea of forced vaccination, this is a good idea
for people who whine, look at the impact of polio vaccines. Only two countries in the world where this is still a problem
for people who whine, look at the impact of polio vaccines. Only two countries in the world where this is still a problem
Gaz
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someone may know otherwise, but i thought they were strongly recommended but not mandatory.
certainly isn’t mandatory in GP Practices or Primary Care organisations
DaveH
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It looks like you are right. It was being widely reported a couple of weeks ago, but it stemmed from bollocks/lies from Hancock. If I had realised it had come from a Tory minister then I would have double checked:
Is there a precedent for mandatory vaccines for care home workers? - Full Fact
Some healthcare workers are required by their employers to have the Hepatitis B vaccine, but it's not a specific law.
fullfact.org
First two examples that come uk on Google. Out of curiosity, which trust are you in? Shocked that there are people carrying out EPPs who aren’t required to have Hep B vaccine!
Yes. 100 f***ing percent this
mrmarmalade
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You're a wannabe Hitler or Stalin but you're just some sad act behind a computer. Nobody should have control over anybody else's body.
Many people in this thread would happily breach the Nuremburg code. History teaches us that people will conform and do terrible things when they feel they are in the majority.
The sheep have learned absolutely nothing from the swine flu scandal.
First they came for the NHS workers
Apache Inbound
Midfield
Good idea to protect the most vulnerable or authoritarian?
Covid jabs to become mandatory for care home staff in England
Exclusive: ministers considering extending compulsory vaccination measure to all NHS staffwww.theguardian.com
I'm a bit uneasy the government mandating it for care home staff to be honest.
I'd be more open to the idea for NHS staff, being a public service.
Authoritarian.
Hopefully some legal action comes out of this.
