Allen C. Cheng FRACP, MPH, PhD , Leon J. Worth MBBS, FRACP, PhD
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Abstract
In response to recent calls for mandatory influenza vaccination policies, we argue that these policies are neither necessary nor sufficient to protect patients from healthcare-associated respiratory viral infection.