New York workers protest forced vaccination

Health care workers in New York state converge on Albany, the state capitol, to protest a new requirement that would force them to be vaccinated for pandemic H1N1 or lose their jobs.

New York is the first U.S. state to mandate flu vaccinations for its health care workers. The first doses of swine flu vaccine will be available beginning next week (first week of October). It will be the nasal mist, not a shot.

Around 500,000 health care workers are slated to receive the vaccine. Typically only about 45 percent of health care workers take advantage of voluntary flu vaccines.