Mandatory Flu Shot Or You're Fired

Dan Fastenberg
Updated
Employers seek to implement mandatory flu vaccines.
Employers seek to implement mandatory flu vaccines.



Everyone knows the flu shot has a serious purpose. After all, it's a safeguard against a condition that kills 36,000 people a year, according to the John Hopkins School of Medicine. But for the workers of one Ohio health center, the risks of skipping out on the vaccine extended beyond increased risk of catching the flu -- they got fired.

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