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Italian doctors and nurses suspended over their refusal to be vaccinated against COVID-19 can now return to work, Italy's Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni said on Monday.
Italy become the first country in Europe to make it obligatory for healthcare workers to be vaccinated, ruling in 2021 that they must have the jab or be transferred to other roles or suspended without pay.
That obligation had been set to expire in December, but was brought forward to Tuesday due to "a shortage of medical and health personnel", Health Minister Orazio Schillaci said.
originally posted by: igloo
Finally some recognition that these unvaccinated people are no threat and that the threat of the healthcare systems crashing means all hands on deck are needed.
Hopefully this common sense will filter down to other countries. What a disaster has been made over virtually nothing.
originally posted by: Irishhaf
considering they were constantly exposed and most likely already had natural immunity it was insanity to keep them from work over a political decision.
Good on Italy.
It’s a textbook example of how natural immunity is really better than vaccination,” says Charlotte Thålin, a physician and immunology researcher at Danderyd Hospital and the Karolinska Institute who studies the immune responses to SARS-CoV-2. “To my knowledge, it’s the first time [this] has really been shown in the context of COVID-19.”
originally posted by: Terpene
a reply to: Asmodeus3
Hmmm let me guess the jabbed ones are not doing good, and becoming a scarcity? Better have an unjabed medic than none at all...
That obligation had been set to expire in December, but was brought forward to Tuesday due to "a shortage of medical and health personnel", Health Minister Orazio Schillaci said.
originally posted by: discordantone
That obligation had been set to expire in December, but was brought forward to Tuesday due to "a shortage of medical and health personnel", Health Minister Orazio Schillaci said.
If the requirement was set to expire, that should tell you all you need to know. If they believed it was just that essential, there would have been no expiry.
I'd love to see the healthcare workers not return just to make the point but people need to support their families so it's unlikely to happen.
MILAN, Oct 28 (Reuters) - Italian doctors and nurses suspended from work because they are not vaccinated against Covid-19 will soon be reinstated, new Health Minister Orazio Schillaci said on Friday.
The move is motivated by a worrying shortage of medical personnel together with declining cases of Covid-19. The new government will also cancel fines imposed on all people aged over 50 who had not got vaccinated, he added.
originally posted by: SkyAngel
originally posted by: Irishhaf
considering they were constantly exposed and most likely already had natural immunity it was insanity to keep them from work over a political decision.
Good on Italy.
Yup, never mix health care and politics!
originally posted by: Asmodeus3
originally posted by: SkyAngel
originally posted by: Irishhaf
considering they were constantly exposed and most likely already had natural immunity it was insanity to keep them from work over a political decision.
Good on Italy.
Yup, never mix health care and politics!
Indeed!! The most absurd and antiscientific campaign ever. It has resulted in a large number of non Covid excess deaths and it wanted to punish nurses, doctors, and healthcare professionals who refused to get vaccinate with a range of experimental, untested, and potentially hazardous products.
originally posted by: SkyAngel
originally posted by: Asmodeus3
originally posted by: SkyAngel
originally posted by: Irishhaf
considering they were constantly exposed and most likely already had natural immunity it was insanity to keep them from work over a political decision.
Good on Italy.
Yup, never mix health care and politics!
Indeed!! The most absurd and antiscientific campaign ever. It has resulted in a large number of non Covid excess deaths and it wanted to punish nurses, doctors, and healthcare professionals who refused to get vaccinate with a range of experimental, untested, and potentially hazardous products.
Yes, well said.
It is hard to believe how corrupt the system really is.
originally posted by: Asmodeus3
originally posted by: SkyAngel
originally posted by: Asmodeus3
originally posted by: SkyAngel
originally posted by: Irishhaf
considering they were constantly exposed and most likely already had natural immunity it was insanity to keep them from work over a political decision.
Good on Italy.
Yup, never mix health care and politics!
Indeed!! The most absurd and antiscientific campaign ever. It has resulted in a large number of non Covid excess deaths and it wanted to punish nurses, doctors, and healthcare professionals who refused to get vaccinate with a range of experimental, untested, and potentially hazardous products.
Yes, well said.
It is hard to believe how corrupt the system really is.
It really is.
Many of the healthcare workers were exposed to the virus early in the pandemic and had developed natural immunity which is by far superior to the immunity induced by the vaccines. To mandate vaccinations after one is already protected the best possible way by natural infection is just stupid.
originally posted by: SkyAngel
originally posted by: Asmodeus3
originally posted by: SkyAngel
originally posted by: Asmodeus3
originally posted by: SkyAngel
originally posted by: Irishhaf
considering they were constantly exposed and most likely already had natural immunity it was insanity to keep them from work over a political decision.
Good on Italy.
Yup, never mix health care and politics!
Indeed!! The most absurd and antiscientific campaign ever. It has resulted in a large number of non Covid excess deaths and it wanted to punish nurses, doctors, and healthcare professionals who refused to get vaccinate with a range of experimental, untested, and potentially hazardous products.
Yes, well said.
It is hard to believe how corrupt the system really is.
It really is.
Many of the healthcare workers were exposed to the virus early in the pandemic and had developed natural immunity which is by far superior to the immunity induced by the vaccines. To mandate vaccinations after one is already protected the best possible way by natural infection is just stupid.
Natural immunity is indeed the best!
I knew from the start that something wasn't right about the whole thing. I am so happy that I listened to my own inner voice and therefore refused to take the vaccine.