A pediatric doctor in Indianapolis who was placed on leave for not complying with his hospital’s vaccine mandate says he is not putting children at risk by refusing the coronavirus vaccine.
“Well, first I would say I am following the science,” Dr. Paul Halczenko told News 8 when asked his response to people who call his decision to not get vaccinated “irresponsible” or an instance of a doctor not “following the science.”
“The preponderance of the evidence suggests and even as we know now — not necessarily at the time of the lawsuit, but certainly in the intervening weeks and months — that vaccination does not actually prevent transmission. So, the best protection that I can offer to my patients is to use the personal protective equipment and the other measures that are employed by health care workers across the world and have been demonstrated to be effective.”
Peyton Manning Children’s Hospital (Google Maps) (Google Maps)
And in Rhode Island, the state’s department of health updated its guidance to allow COVID-positive health care workers to continue working if they have mild symptoms or are asymptomatic, and if their hospital is facing a staffing crisis. The update came after the CDC’s revision on quarantine and isolation guidance for health care workers.
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