Santa Barbara County Requires Health Workers To Get Flu Vaccination or Wear Surgical Mask
Santa Barbara County has released orders requiring county health care workers to receive a flu vaccination or wear a surgical mask throughout the flu season, which runs from Nov. 1 to March 31. County Public Health Officer Charity Thoman said this is the first year Santa Barbara County has issued such a rule, adding that she expects more than half of California health departments to implement similar rules, up from 34% of jurisdictions last flu season.
- "County Mandates Influenza Vaccinations for Health Care Workers" (Lennon, Lompoc Record, 10/19).