You're a doctor and you're clueless as to how a vaccination works? A vaccination protects ONLY the person who is vaccinated. It does not prevent someone from carrying and spreading the virus to another individual.
In other words, an immunized health care worker is just as likely to spread a virus. And I seriously doubt that a health care worker with Rubella or Pertussis would be "on the job".
“In other words, an immunized health care worker is just as likely to spread a virus.”
I didn’t know this was a humor thread.
First of all, no I am not a doctor and never claimed to be one. The MD in my screen name stands for Maryland as in “Maryland Expat In Pennsylvania”. Next, you are the one who does not understand how vaccinations work.
When a person is properly vaccinated, the vaccine stops the illness before it starts, and even when those who are vaccinated are exposed to the disease, they will either not be contagious at all or will be so for a much shorter time and generally with a milder form of the disease.
In other words, an immunized health care worker is just as likely to spread a virus. And I seriously doubt that a health care worker with Rubella or Pertussis would be "on the job".
Wrong. Immunized people are very much less likely to spread a virus for which they have been vaccinated for. This is why Herd Immunity works to some extent; if enough people are, people who are not vaccinated and those who have been vaccinated but have not yet reached full immunity are somewhat more protected. Also consider that with many diseases, the infected person can transmit the disease before they themselves become symptomatic or sick enough to stay home.