Israel Medical Association Chief: Doctors in Hospitals Not Required to Get Flu Shot

Israel Medical Association Chief: Doctors in Hospitals Not Required to Get Flu Shot

by Deborah Danan 21 Jan 2018

http://www.breitbart.com/jerusalem/2018/01/21/israel-medical-association-chief-doctors-in-hospitals-not-required-to-get-flu-shot/

TEL AVIV – Unlike their U.S. counterparts, Israeli doctors are not required to be vaccinated against influenza and in cases where they do receive the flu shot, are forbidden from displaying a pin advertising that fact to patients, the Jerusalem Post reported on Wednesday. 

While in the U.S. most hospitals demand that all personnel who come in direct contact with patients receive the vaccination before the flu season begins, the Israel Medical Association only recommends the measure to its 25,000 members, the report said. It added that any outward indication – such as a pin or tag – that doctors were voluntarily vaccinated was not allowed.

IMA chairman Prof. Leonid Eidelman, who is chief of anesthesiology at the Rabin Medical Center-Beilinson Campus in Petah Tikva, explained the reasons behind the policy, saying that if medical practitioners “voluntarily wear a pin showing they were vaccinated, it doesn’t give a good impression about those who don’t.”

“There is a slippery slope; doctors could be forced to wear pins saying they have HIV or hepatitis C. It would never end,” he told the Post.

“It’s a personal decision for everyone, and doctors should not be dictated to,” he added. Eidelman further declined to answer whether he himself had been vaccinated because “this is a political question.”

Meanwhile, in Manhattan’s NYU Langone Medical Center, all employees – not just doctors and nurses – must get the flu shot. “We are given a sticker to wear on our ID tag. Theoretically, if for some reason you don’t get the shot, you need to wear a protective surgical mask through the entire flu season,” a senior doctor told the Post.

Only 19% of Israel’s population has been vaccinated against influenza, despite the shot being free.

According to the Ministry of Health’s epidemiology department, 27 people of all ages died of complications resulting from the flu in the last few months – double that of last year, the report said.

However, according to Eidelman, there are “no studies showing that patients are infected with the flu by their doctors” or the reverse.

Let’s connect the dots:

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Akin, Gump, Strauss, Hauer & Feld, LLP was the lobby firm for the American Medical Association, the Novartis Corporation, Merck, and is the lobby firm for Pfizer Inc.

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Foundation to Promote Open Society was a funder for the Brookings Institution (think tank), the Aspen Institute (think tank), the Robin Hood Foundation, and the Harlem Children's Zone.

George Soros was the chairman for the Foundation to Promote Open Society, a benefactor for the Harlem Children's Zone, and is the founder & chairman for the Open Society Foundations.

Open Society Foundations was a funder for the Doctors Without Borders.

Martin S. Indyk is a foreign policy director for the Brookings Institution (think tank), and was a U.S. ambassador for Israel.

Thomas R. Pickering is a distinguished fellow at the Brookings Institution (think tank), was a lifetime trustee at the Aspen Institute (think tank), and a U.S. ambassador for Israel.

Mark B. McClellan was a senior fellow at the Brookings Institution (think tank), and a commissioner for the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA).

Michael P. Schulhof is an honorary trustee at the Brookings Institution (think tank), and was a trustee at the NYU Langone Medical Center.

Deryck C. Maughan was a trustee at the NYU Langone Medical Center, and the chairman & CEO for GlaxoSmithKline plc.

William C. Steere Jr. is a trustee at the NYU Langone Medical Center, and was the chairman & CEO for Pfizer Inc.

Cyrus F. Freidheim Jr. is an honorary trustee at the Brookings Institution (think tank), and a member of the Commercial Club of Chicago.

Valerie B. Jarrett is Vernon E. Jordan Jr’s great niece, the senior adviser for the Barack Obama administration, and a member of the Commercial Club of Chicago.

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R. Eden Martin is the president of the Commercial Club of Chicago, and counsel at Sidley Austin LLP.

Michelle Obama was a lawyer at Sidley Austin LLP.   

Barack Obama was an intern at Sidley Austin LLP.

Sidley Austin LLP is the lobby firm for Israel, was the lobby firm for MedImmune, LLC, Pfizer Inc., and Sanofi.

Sanofi Pasteur is a division of Sanofi.

Newton N. Minow is a senior counsel at Sidley Austin LLP, and a member of the Commercial Club of Chicago.

James S. Crown is a member of the Commercial Club of Chicago, and the vice chairman for the Aspen Institute (think tank).

Lester Crown is a member of the Commercial Club of Chicago, and was a lifetime trustee at the Aspen Institute (think tank).    

Walter Isaacson is the president & CEO for the Aspen Institute (think tank), a director at the Bloomberg Family Foundation, and was the chairman & CEO for CNN.

Wolf Blitzer is an anchor for CNN, and was a correspondent for the Jerusalem Post.

CNN Worldwide is a division of the CNN.

Jeff Zucker is the president of CNN Worldwide, and a director emeritus for the Robin Hood Foundation.

Emma Bloomberg was a chief of staff for the Robin Hood Foundation, is a director at the Robin Hood Foundation, Michael R. Bloomberg’s daughter, and a director at the Bloomberg Family Foundation.

Victoria B. Bjorklund is a director at the Robin Hood Foundation, and a U.S. advisory board member for Doctors Without Borders.

Bloomberg Family Foundation was a funder for Doctors Without Borders, the Aspen Institute (think tank), and the CDC Foundation. Kenneth I. Chenault is a director at the Bloomberg Family Foundation, and a trustee at the NYU Langone Medical Center.

Bloomberg Family Foundation was a funder for the Aspen Institute (think tank), the CDC Foundation, and Doctors Without Borders.

CDC Foundation is a foundation for the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC).

Amy Robbins Towers was a board member for the CDC Foundation, and married to Larry Robbins.

Larry Robbins was married to Amy Robbins Towers, and is the chairman for the Robin Hood Foundation.

Laurence D. Fink is a director at the Robin Hood Foundation, and a co-chair for the NYU Langone Medical Center.

Paul Tudor Jones II is a director at the Robin Hood Foundation, and was a trustee at the NYU Langone Medical Center.

Alan D. Schwartz is a director at the Robin Hood Foundation, and a trustee at the NYU Langone Medical Center.

Robert W. Pittman is a director at the Robin Hood Foundation, and was a trustee at the NYU Langone Medical Center.

Emma Bloomberg was a chief of staff for the Robin Hood Foundation, is a director at the Robin Hood Foundation, Michael R. Bloomberg’s daughter, and a director at the Bloomberg Family Foundation.

Bloomberg Family Foundation was a funder for the Aspen Institute (think tank), the CDC Foundation, and Doctors Without Borders.

Michael R. Bloomberg is Emma Bloomberg’s father, the founder of the Bloomberg Family Foundation, was a donor for the Robin Hood Foundation, and a benefactor for the Harlem Children's Zone.

Kenneth G. Langone is a director emeritus for the Robin Hood Foundation, a trustee at the Harlem Children's Zone, and a chair for the NYU Langone Medical Center.

Stanley F. Druckenmiller is the chairman & benefactor for the Harlem Children's Zone, and married to Fiona Druckenmiller.

Fiona Druckenmiller is married to Stanley F. Druckenmiller, a director at the Bloomberg Family Foundation, a trustee at the NYU Langone Medical Center, and was a trustee at the Carnegie Corporation of New York.

Gary D. Cohn was a trustee at the Harlem Children's Zone, and is a trustee at the NYU Langone Medical Center.

Steven A. and Alexandra M. Cohen Foundation was a funder for the Harlem Children's Zone, the Robin Hood Foundation, and the NYU Langone Medical Center.

Fiona Druckenmiller is a trustee at the NYU Langone Medical Center, married to Stanley F. Druckenmiller, a director at the Bloomberg Family Foundation, and was a trustee at the Carnegie Corporation of New York.

Thomas R. Pickering was a trustee at the Carnegie Corporation of New York, a lifetime trustee at the Aspen Institute (think tank), a U.S. ambassador for Israel, and is a distinguished fellow at the Brookings Institution (think tank).

Newton N. Minow is an honorary trustee at the Carnegie Corporation of New York, a member of the Commercial Club of Chicago, and a senior counsel at Sidley Austin LLP.

Michelle Obama was a lawyer at Sidley Austin LLP.   

Barack Obama was an intern at Sidley Austin LLP.

Sidley Austin LLP is the lobby firm for Israel, was the lobby firm for MedImmune, LLC, Pfizer Inc., and Sanofi.

Sanofi Pasteur is a division of Sanofi.

R. Eden Martin is counsel at Sidley Austin LLP, and the president of the Commercial Club of Chicago.

Cyrus F. Freidheim Jr. is a member of the Commercial Club of Chicago, and an honorary trustee at the Brookings Institution (think tank).

Mark B. McClellan was a senior fellow at the Brookings Institution (think tank), and a commissioner for the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA).

Michael P. Schulhof is an honorary trustee at the Brookings Institution (think tank), and was a trustee at the NYU Langone Medical Center.

Deryck C. Maughan was a trustee at the NYU Langone Medical Center, and the chairman & CEO for GlaxoSmithKline plc.

William C. Steere Jr. is a trustee at the NYU Langone Medical Center, and was the chairman & CEO for Pfizer Inc.

Akin, Gump, Strauss, Hauer & Feld, LLP is the lobby firm for Pfizer Inc, was lobby firm for the Novartis Corporation, Merck, and the American Medical Association.

Vernon E. Jordan Jr. is a senior counsel for Akin, Gump, Strauss, Hauer & Feld, LLP, an honorary trustee at the Brookings Institution (think tank), Valerie B. Jarrett’s great uncle, a director at the American Friends of Bilderberg (think tank), and a 2008 Bilderberg conference participant (think tank).