I just finished the new book by Michael Lewis, The Premonition, about the pandemic and our response. It's like almost every other Michael Lewis book: entertaining and quirky characters with interesting and sometimes hilarious stories. Not surprisingly, he paints the CDC in a terrible light.
I'm glad I read it. If you like reading Michael Lewis, you'll like this book.
A judge ruled that a hospital in Houston is allowed to require vaccinations of all employees.
https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/...it/7672997002/
Clearly not the same thing. But clearly makes sense to me.
Jobs/careers have requirements. If I want a job in international business and it's required that I speak conversational Japanese - that's fair. If I don't want to take the time to learn, okay, but I certainly won't get hired for that job.
The company I work for has recently revised their office mask guidelines. If vaccinated you can be in the office without a mask with no social distancing. If not vaccinated you have to wear a mask and social distance. This will be implemented by an honor system.
We will also return to the office max 50% in July, 75% in August and back to 100% in September. Many employees are already raising concerns, both vaccinated and non. Basically vaccinated people do not want to be around non vaccinated. Non vaccinated do not want to wear a mask. Then there is the fact that our desks are so close it will actually be impossible to social distance. I have already seen one comment where a non vaccinated college has said the company is violating his Hipaa rights with this direction.
In my opinion there are going to be a lot of issues.
Kyle gets BUCKETS!
https://youtu.be/NJWPASQZqLc
Your understanding is correct:
HIPAA only applies to what are called “covered entities.” Those are, essentially, health care providers (doctors, hospitals, and pharmacies, for instance), health insurers, and health care clearinghouses (which process medical data). It also covers their “business associates,” or contractors who have to handle medical records in some way to do work for those covered entities. Those parties are required to follow certain protocols to keep your protected health information secure and private.
https://www.vox.com/recode/22363011/...health-privacy
I think this is a common misunderstanding. I know is has come up regarding our prayer list at church. HIPAA doesn't apply - no matter what our church administrative assistant thinks. However, common courtesy does - I ask someone if I can put them on the prayer list. If they say yes, I share their first name and brief detail (health, change in job, etc.). If the answer is no, they stay in my prayers but I don't pass it along to others.