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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

Will Requiring Flu Vaccinations Leave Employers Feeling Under the Weather? Wednesday, January 4, 2017 With flu season quickly approaching, health care employers may be considering mandatory influenza vaccinations for their workforce. Mandatory vaccination policies may dramatically increase patient safety, but they may also cause friction within the workforce when employees object on religious grounds to…

My new website, and news

I am trying to turn merylnassmd.com into my primary website and will do so as soon as possible.  Thanks for alerting me to problems with the (Google) blogspot site and warnings about its content. I am not as internet savvy as I should be.  Coming:  Wednesday May 19 am the hearing on Emergent BioSolutions, which…

GAO Report echoes NAS report that FBI’ s study of anthrax letters leaves much to be desired, including lack of validation of the methods used/GAO

Here is the GAO report released today, two years in the making, a study done for unnamed “congressional requesters.” In past years, the requesters have been listed, but in this case, they are not. This most likely reflects the sensitivity of this matter. Why so sensitive? Because the FBI botched its investigation, never had even…

Emergent expects large anthrax vaccine order/ Business Week

The US government, according to the anthrax vaccine maker, has promised to spend a billion more bucks on a vaccine that makes 1-2% of recipients seriously ill, and that expires after 3-4 years.  44 million new doses are being ordered.  Every American is kicking in about 6 dollars for this scary product that probably no…

Justice Department Filing Casts Doubt on Guilt of Bruce Ivins, Accused in Anthrax Case/ PBS, McClatchy, ProPublica

From Mike Wiser, Greg Gordon and Stephen Engelberg come the following story: Justice Department lawyers filed a brief on July 15 that said Bruce Ivins did not have access to equipment in the Fort Detrick hot suites that would have enabled him to make the dried anthrax found in letters to two Senators.  … the…

NYC forcing youngest residents to receive poorly effective flu vaccines–or goodbye daycare!

NYC’s unelected health department demanded last December that children aged 6 months to 5 years receive yearly flu vaccinations. This was one of outgoing mayor (and newly minted health expert) Michael Bloomberg’s gifts to the city, along with the banning of extra large soft drinks. Are soft drinks a threat to others?  What right has any…

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