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I am re-uploading this because the first upload was recorded by camera off the TV. The sound and audio is much better with this upload.

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From YNN News, Rochester, NY (9/06/09)

A vaccine for the H1N1 virus, or swine flu, is still a month away at best. But health care workers are already being bumped to the front of the line.

Those who work in health care are being strongly urged by the federal government to get immunized once the swine flu vaccine is available. The state of New York is taking it one step further by making vaccination a requirement.

Health care professionals do have an obligation to protect their patients, but at what cost? For one health care worker the new state directive intended to stop the spread of H1N1 goes too far.

Just a word like pandemic is enough to scare anyone in the health care field. For registered nurse Deborah Gerhardt, there are words even scarier.

"Whenever you hear mandatory required, you start to get a little bit anxious," says Gerhardt.

She's been a nurse for 15 years and has never had a flu shot.

"I feel that everyone should have a choice," says Gerhardt.

She recently learned she doesnt have a choice.

"It was just one day we were told you will receive the flu injection," says Gerhardt.

The New York State Department of Health is ordering tens of thousands of health workers be immunized against seasonal and swine flu.

"As a parent, as a doctor, as a public health professional please get your vaccine," New York State Commissioner of Health Dr. Richard Daines asked during a news conference last week.

The commissioner says refusal to be immunized against H1N1 could increase the spread of the virus and stress and already overwhelmed medical system. He says when a vaccine is approved, there's no reason to believe it won't be safe.

"It goes through that same system and the testing so I'll have every confidence the Food and Drug Administration and the Centers for Disease Control put in it," says Daines.

After her own research, Gerhardt isn't as confident in a potential vaccine.

"It's left a lot of questions for me," she says.

Questions that have left her with one final decision.

"I so strongly don't want a vaccine that I'm not comfortable having injected into my body," says Gerhardt. "If I refuse I can' work in nursing."

It's a choice she wishes she didn't have to make.

"This is just so surreal right now," says Gerhardt. "I don't know what I will do."

Gerhardt says she's never had the flu and practices simple preventative measures like hand washing and simple sanitation techniques. She believes that's even more effective.

She realizes she could lose her job for speaking out, but says it's important since she knows others in the health care field have the same concerns.

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  • I would love for some of these hee, hee, hee, smiling, asinine news people to know what it feels like to be vaccine mandated or lose their jobs...then they'd start reporting honest news and not so much fluff. Pumping up the swine flu instead of real investigative reporting...bunch of store front dummies!!

  • There are so many brave people like Deborah Gerhardt coming forth these days in defense of freedom. It' encouraging and inspiring.

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  • The government has NO BUSINESS IN HEALTH CARE!

  • nice one!!

  • NO vaccination has EVER proven to be safe or effective. In 1853 UK had mandatory small pox law= fines increased to criminal jail time in 1867 where they had near 100% compliance by 1871. Results? 1872 worse epidemic of small pox ever near 45,000 deaths. In 1955 health director Peterson of Idaho halted Salk polio vaccine program. Medical industry pushes vaccines because they create sick people. They need sick people to make money. If there were no sick people they would be out of their cushy jobs

  • fuck you richard daines

  • look into the canadian g20 on youtube torontog20exposed !!!!!!

  • If everyone refuses, what are they going to do, fire everyone? Come on guys get some guts and organise yourselves! If they fine everyone who refuses and everyone refuses and refuses to pay, what are they going to do, imprison everyone?

    We need to cut the head off the snake. To do that we need to identify the leaders of the international criminal cabal controlling the Western nations, investigate 911, it's already proven to be an inside job we need to ID the perps.

  • If ordinary office fires can bring down three tall steel reinforced towers on 9-11 who needs controlled demolition .....just light a match.

    Who are they trying to kid.

    Buildings do not fall down from office fires.....that is negligence

    BUT really we already should know by now it is CONTROLLED DEMOLITION.

    No buildings reinforced with steel have fallen before or after 9-11

    suddenly into their own footprint.

    Wake up people

    vv vv vv dot 911oz dot c om search Building 7 or Thomas Gordon

  • Somewhere along the line in the near future a lot of people will stand trial for mass-killing of people, weather they know it or not.

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