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NY hospital to pause baby deliveries after staffers quit over vaccine mandate

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Re: NY hospital to pause baby deliveries after staffers quit over vaccine mandate

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What sort of monsters would willingly subject newborns to any additional risk of Covid?

A healthcare professional who may already have antibodies from prior infection, and who therefore does not need a vaccine, perhaps.

Re: NY hospital to pause baby deliveries after staffers quit over vaccine mandate

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What sort of monsters would willingly subject newborns to any additional risk of Covid?

A healthcare professional who may already have antibodies from prior infection, and who therefore does not need a vaccine, perhaps.

Is that situation well studied for it's risk profile?

Re: NY hospital to pause baby deliveries after staffers quit over vaccine mandate

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Earlier quoted context omitted.

A healthcare professional who may already have antibodies from prior infection, and who therefore does not need a vaccine, perhaps.

Is that situation well studied for it's risk profile?

So you are wondering if Covid might be the one and only virus in history where antibodies don't work?

Re: NY hospital to pause baby deliveries after staffers quit over vaccine mandate

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Earlier quoted context omitted.

Is that situation well studied for it's risk profile?

So you are wondering if Covid might be the one and only virus in history where antibodies don't work?

How many colds have you had?

Re: NY hospital to pause baby deliveries after staffers quit over vaccine mandate

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What sort of monsters would willingly subject newborns to any additional risk of Covid?

A healthcare professional who may already have antibodies from prior infection, and who therefore does not need a vaccine, perhaps.

Healthcare workers routinely work under flu vaccine mandates even though they may already have effective antibodies.

Re: NY hospital to pause baby deliveries after staffers quit over vaccine mandate

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What sort of monsters would willingly subject newborns to any additional risk of Covid?

A healthcare professional who may already have antibodies from prior infection, and who therefore does not need a vaccine, perhaps.

I’ve heard that many (most?) hospitals require that staff either wears a mask or gets the flu shot every year. Do these hospitals waive that requirement for people if they come down with the flu?
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