Health InFocus: Flu injections

Surprise, surprise, it's been discovered that many health care workers do not receive their annual Flu vax injection, so it could probably pose a risk to the patients they are caring for, the "British Medical Journal" says.

A large Australian study show that "voluntary uptake of vaccination is low". It suggests that it be mandatory for health care providers to receive vaccination, before being allowed to work, but others say this is an infringement of a persons right of choice. 

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