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Years ago I took a TB test I think to student teach. Now I have a call back for sub orientation and they want me to take a TB test. Well I happen to be broke, plus I have read that it is really not legal for employers to ask this and employees can refuse, plus a TB test can be inconclusive, and it exposes the participant to a drug known to cause fatal reactions. I found a letter of exemption online that needs a notary stating these reasons and that I do not to my knowledge have TB. I am considering using it. Has anyone else done this? I am pretty weary of shots anyway and what I expose my body too. I don't even take flu shots anymore. Even the meds I have to take do to HB I really hate and would not take if I did not have to. I am just worried they will think I am a trouble maker and not hire me. I am really not a troublemaker. Just a naturalist for the most part. I don't even drink alcohol.
it's not that big a deal
Not to be rude, but it sounds like maybe you are being a little overanxious about the TB test. I, too, don't get flu shots, don't like needles being stuck into my skin, don't drink, etc., but on two occasions when a job required it, I got a TB test. The needle just goes under the top layers of skin, and was so undramatic that I can scarcely remembe...See More
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