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National Law Review discussion of mandatory flu shots for HCW: the NLR assumes the shots help patients (while the evidence says they do not) religious beliefs trump hospital policy on mandatory shots, per EEOC
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How Drug Company Money Is Undermining Science / Sci Am
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