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Originally Posted by dirk digler
It is going to be interesting to see if there will be a mass departure of nursing home staff here shortly after it was announced yesterday that they will be required to get the vaccine or the nursing home will lose federal funding. The Feds need to apply this to all healthcare facilities that get federal funding to be honest.
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I think you might see a big game of chicken. I've seen it play it out somewhat in school systems. Some school systems made it a requiement to be employed. I know of a couple people that were adamant about not taking it. They were prepared to lose their jobs and even did for a short time. During the summer the school realized they didn't have enough staff to open and dropped the requirement.
Most hospital staff don't have the means to do that but i work with some that do and won't vax. Its not going to have to be a mass exodus to create problems as quite a few have already left the hospital setting for various reasons. The lower paying staff like techs and aides that don't want to i could see going that route as they can go elsewhere and make close to what they are now which would effect nursing staff and pt care.
So as you said it will be interesting.