Nurses to Sue Over H1N1 Shots

Scott Waldman
Common Dreams
October 13, 2009

[efoods]Lorna Patterson is willing to take on New York’s top health official for her right to be flu vaccine-free.

The registered nurse in Albany Medical Center’s emergency room is among a group of nurses who plan to file a lawsuit against state Health Commissioner Dr. Richard Daines to prevent the mandatory vaccination of New York’s health care workers with the H1N1 flu virus.

“It takes away our freedom of choice,” Patterson told reporters during a news conference Monday. “Our health is being affected.”

The deadline for the state’s health care workers to receive the swine flu vaccination is at the end of next month, though some employers have moved that up to the end of this month.

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