Among many surprising developments during this pandemic, the most stunning has been the questioning of naturally acquired immunity after a person has had the COVID-19 disease. We have understood natural immunity since at least the Athenian Plague in 430 BC. Here is Thucydides: Yet it was with those who had recovered from the disease that the sick […]
These nurses are unvaccinated against COVID by choice. They’re part of a growing number of health care workers statewide protesting vaccine mandates in hospitals. [This nurse] says being forced to take a vaccine is against his religious beliefs. His wife […] says because she’d already had COVID her immunity is sufficient. The couple point to […]
Story Highlights Hundreds of health care workers in Massachusetts are declining the annual flu shot. Health care worker flu shot requirements vary from state to state. A recent study questions the scientific validity of mandating annual influenza vaccinations for hospital workers. Hundreds of health care workers in Massachusetts, including those in nursing homes and kidney […]