NPR had a story yesterday about the low vaccination rate of rural health care workers. It was something like 59%. One thing that came up a couple times was that rural doctor offices have mandatory flu shots for their employees but the Covid shot is voluntary. I have heard this in several stories, but none have spend one second explaining why this is a thing. Why would one be voluntary and another be mandatory.
Before Covid, I have heard of nurses losing jobs over denying a flu shot. I know it's a tough nut to crack because the standard citizen isn't here to learn about what MRNA is or means, doesn't have a good understanding of stats or exponential spread, and also is somewhat untrusting of government. Those folks often live off of the anecdotal evidence and opinions of those they know in relevant fields, and here we are rough ridin' around with not reaching herd immunity while flu shots are required and Covid shots are voluntary.