I actually think that it's a good idea. You don't need multiple doctors, you make it easy for staff to comply, the doctors don't need to break down their setup to move to another facility, etc. How much does it cost to move a train they already own, with staff they already have versus the amount of overtime it would cost to have staff come in and fill the vacancies when a lot of staff are out with the flu? How much money does it help taxpayers to not have MTA employees as flu carriers, getting hundreds of thousands of passengers sick? That's lost work for those passengers' employers, lost productivity, lost pay and thus lost tax revenues.
I'd much rather have the MTA spending a little bit of money on basic public health procedures and the health of their workers than some of the other silliness they spend money on.
---Electrical Engineer---
5th generation from Harmon (Croton-on-Hudson, NY), home of the MTA MNRR Harmon Shops.
B.S. Elec. Eng. Tech., Rochester Institute of Tech.
"I have problems sleeping at night when I can't hear the idling of several GE locomotives reverberating off the hills."