TO VACCINATE OR NOT TO VACCINATE? 

There have been all sorts of protests in New York over a state regulation that would require healthcare workers to be vaccinated against the swine flu. The regulation, which was apparently approved in August, basically says that all healthcare workers should get vaccinated or be fired. Now nurses and other healthcare providers are saying that this regulation is a violation of their personal freedom.

OK .. I can argue this one either way. I could say that if you don't want the vaccination, then change jobs. I could also suggest that this is part of an orchestrated campaign to put a scare into the public over the swine flu. Why a scare? Well, the more worked-up you get the public about health issues, the easier they are led down the road to socialized medicine.

Me? No flu shot. And that's the way it is.