Should the COVID vaccine be mandatory for all health care workers? More than 50 medical groups are now urging all health care employers to require workers to get the shot, including employees at doctors' offices, pharmacies, and skilled nursing facilities.
Workers who have certain medical conditions should be exempt from the vaccination mandates, the statement added.
While recognizing the “historical mistrust of health care institutions” among some health care workers, the statement said, “We must continue to address workers’ concerns, engage with marginalized populations, and work with trusted messengers to improve vaccine acceptance." There has been some scepticism about the legality of requiring health care workers to get vaccinated as a condition of employment, partly because the FDA has not yet fully authorized any of the COVID-19 vaccines.to Houston Methodist’s vaccination mandate.
“It is critical that all people in the health care workforce get vaccinated against COVID-19 for the safety of our patients and our colleagues,” Susan Bailey, MD, immediate past president of the AMA,With more than 300 million doses administered in the United States and nearly 4 billion doses administered worldwide, we know the vaccines are safe and highly effective at preventing severe illness and death from COVID-19.
"Increased vaccinations among health care personnel will not only reduce the spread of COVID-19 but also reduce the harmful toll this virus is taking within the health care workforce and those we are striving to serve.”
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