Letters
Doctors resisting the flu jab
Doctors choosing not to be vaccinated is choosing to do harm
BMJ 2011; 343 doi: https://doi.org/10.1136/bmj.d7198 (Published 08 November 2011) Cite this as: BMJ 2011;343:d7198
- Amy J Behrman, medical director, Occupational Medicine1,
- Arthur L Caplan, director, Center for Bioethics1,
- Susan E Coffin, hospital epidemiologist, Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia1,
- Neil Fishman, director, Healthcare Epidemiology and Infection Prevention1
- 1University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA 19104, USA
- behrman{at}mail.med.upenn.edu
We read Patel’s article with distress verging on disbelief.1 Although flu is unlikely to have serious sequelae in healthy non-pregnant healthcare workers, unvaccinated workers can and do transmit the virus to their co-workers, adversely affecting the workforce. They also infect patients, including elderly people, immunocompromised patients, pregnant women, and very young children (who …
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