I think she believes it might cause her to miscarry. And while I feel bad for her experiences (the last 2 miscarriages) the simple fact is that the chance of her miscarrying from the shot is probably well below her chances of getting the flu. And the flu could royally fuck her and her fetus. I'm kind of concurned that…

In a home health setting, there's really no way to verify compliance with a mask policy, and as I'm sure you've observed in a hospital setting, even with the best of intentions and supervisors close at hand, getting people to comply with correct PPE and isolation gear 100% of the time is tough (I know after a certain…

As an Obstetrician myself, I can recommend ALL pregnant women get the flu vaccine, especially those in the health care system who work with sick patients. Pregnancy puts you in an immuno-deficient state. Also as your pregnancy progresses, your uterus grows and you develop decreasing lung volume reserves. This…

There is medical evidence to suggest that pregnant women who get the flu are more likely to have very severe cases that can lead to pregnancy complications - which can include early labor and even maternal death. There is no medical evidence to suggest that the flu vaccine causes issues in a pregnancy or with the…

I feel for her, because pregnancy even WITHOUT prior miscarriages is an anxious time. It can be really hard to constantly wonder if you're hurting your baby.
But! The flu shot is just as much for patient safety as your own. If someone got the flu from her and died, that could be really bad for the company.
And honestly,…

Virtually every medication has the same vague warning about effects in pregnant women because drug companies virtually never include pregnant woman in trials. (If you were pregnant, would you volunteer for a drug trial?). I appreciate the paranoia that comes with multiple miscarriages, but her employer is right, she…

Disclaimer: I work for the Army, where we require all personnel, including pregnant women, to receive an annual flu shot.

While I generally would say that if you are working in a health care setting, you have an obligation to get a flu shot unless doing so would actually kill you...eh. This is stickier than just a personal moral objection to vaccines. She has a legit medical exemption, but the employer's interest is not in upholding her…

There's no way you can NOT dance to it.

I like the fact that their personal lives rarely if ever come up, neither do their looks.

King Triton looks like Jay Leno.

I haven't seen this movie, so I can't comment on the specifics of its ending (I think I'd prefer it more if there wasnt a replacement love interest offered).

I'm in that area and we didn't get some of our kids presents. But my husband came up with a genius plan to write IOU's and put them in boxes so they could still open presents. The confusion on their faces was the real presents for us. Then we told them they better not lose the IOU of they couldn't redeem them for…

My first double post! I'm so excited!

Dogs should always be on leash unless they are well trained enough to be off them.

The RNLI are absolute heros, who never get enough credit. My family business is a fishmongers, and my dad has had some real nasty experiences out at sea - being a fisherman is more dangerous, statistically, than being in the army. They have saved him, and many other people I know, from some really scary situations.

Fuck Reagan.

Oh, sure.

The "reluctant hero" gets a book deal and free hamburgers for life. But all I get is leered at in the mall food court where I work.

Look, I don't want to wear this dumb costume. No one wants to dress up everyday like a tasty Greek sandwich. But you gotta do what you gotta do. So I do it, reluctantly — a…

See, this is why so many feminists of color avoid this website. Whenever there's a topic about racism, you have a bunch of people defending it to the best of their ability. I'm just laughing at how many people are like, "he wasn't making fun of black people's intelligence! he was making fun of black people's names!"…

Driver in backwards car: "Goddammit Carol! That slimy salesman said this was horseless!"