I've been to Mayo Clinic, and it was wonderful, especially compared to the regular health care system.
They have a reputation to maintain, and whether there is a hard scientific basis for this or not, I can see it being in their best interest to be able to state to their customers (ie, very sick people) that "all Mayo Clinic employees have been fully vaccinated".
People go to Mayo when they are very sick. It's not like the general population going to the grocery store. When you have a concentration of sick people in poor health, it makes complete sense to me to reduce their risk as much as possible, and vaccinated employees is part of that IMO.
I don't know if they have a policy of patients requiring vaccination, but if they did, I think it would be a good thing for the same reason: you have two huge buildings (in the Rochester, MN location) that are full of sick, weakened, vulnerable people who need specialized help. The last thing they want or need is to be exposed to Covid while seeking treatment.
If someone doesn't have Covid, they can't spread Covid. If they have Covid, then they should stay home until no longer infectious. Rapid antigen tests work well for this.
Secondly, if someone already had Covid, they have prior immunity. Thirdly, vaccination doesn't prevent catching or spreading Covid. This has been made clear with Omicron data.
Their policy is not rational nor science based. It smacks of being punitive more than anything.
Do we have data regarding reduced transmission of Omicron based on vaccination status? I ask because (given how dominant that strain is now) that could be the only rational justification for this requirement on the basis of "protecting others." I mean this in good faith. If there is data, please point me to it .
Hospitals do this with the flu vaccine as well, every year they require employees to get vaccinated, the employees don't, so they have to fire them because the regulatory penalties aren't worth it, even at the cost of the the brightest researcher or doctor.
They usually hire them back after they get vaccinated.
Source: my So worked in a hospital which did this and was there to see 177 people get laid off for missing their shots
[+] [-] prirun|4 years ago|reply
They have a reputation to maintain, and whether there is a hard scientific basis for this or not, I can see it being in their best interest to be able to state to their customers (ie, very sick people) that "all Mayo Clinic employees have been fully vaccinated".
People go to Mayo when they are very sick. It's not like the general population going to the grocery store. When you have a concentration of sick people in poor health, it makes complete sense to me to reduce their risk as much as possible, and vaccinated employees is part of that IMO.
I don't know if they have a policy of patients requiring vaccination, but if they did, I think it would be a good thing for the same reason: you have two huge buildings (in the Rochester, MN location) that are full of sick, weakened, vulnerable people who need specialized help. The last thing they want or need is to be exposed to Covid while seeking treatment.
[+] [-] steelstraw|4 years ago|reply
Secondly, if someone already had Covid, they have prior immunity. Thirdly, vaccination doesn't prevent catching or spreading Covid. This has been made clear with Omicron data.
Their policy is not rational nor science based. It smacks of being punitive more than anything.
[+] [-] andrewclunn|4 years ago|reply
[+] [-] macilacilove|4 years ago|reply
It may be due many number of things, but it is clearly not safer to work with vaccinated coworkers if that study is correct. -- [0]: https://skeptics.stackexchange.com/questions/52810/is-the-ef...
[+] [-] Daishiman|4 years ago|reply
[+] [-] sockpuppet_12|4 years ago|reply
Source: my So worked in a hospital which did this and was there to see 177 people get laid off for missing their shots
[+] [-] a45a33s|4 years ago|reply
[+] [-] Daishiman|4 years ago|reply