05-23-2021, 06:10 AM
(05-23-2021, 12:29 AM)ijmorlan Wrote: I’m curious what you mean by “religious or cultural reasons”. Are there any bona fide cultures which have any sort of prohibition on vaccines?
The more I think about this the more I think that vaccination in accordance with public health guidelines should be a condition of employment for a huge range of jobs, including but not limited to anything medical or quasi-medical (e.g. nursing home workers). And to be honest I’m really not interested in the reasons why people in those occupations may be hesitant. They may be hesitant to follow all sorts of other procedures and rules related to their jobs, but we don’t entertain those objections as worth endangering the lives of their patients.
There are. I don't know of any that are strictly against them (as in it's written into their beliefs), but there are some that err on the side of caution or hold some objections. The Catholic Church accepts they have value, but state that if you can find an alternative, you should. I believe that many Mennonites also think the same way as well. Here's a bit of info on it from The College of Physicians in Philadelphia: https://www.historyofvaccines.org/conten...accination
Vaccines are usually required for certain jobs, especially in health care. Most long term care homes and hospitals will not employ you without proof of vaccinations. Depending on whether this remains endemic or not, I think we could see that becoming a mandatory requirement for employment in such places (though, oddly, annual flu vaccines aren't and yet that can kill people as well). Education may also be a field they make it mandatory in.