Groups of doctors, nurses, and other health care professionals are calling for the COVID-19 vaccine to be mandated for all health care workers.
Amidst the spread of the “Delta variant” and lagging vaccination rates, health care professionals have been urging everyone to get vaccinated.
ProPublica reported only 59% of health care workers were vaccinated.
Due to the recent COVID-19 surge and the availability of safe and effective vaccines, our health care organizations and societies advocate that all health care and long-term care employers require their workers to receive the COVID-19 vaccine,
Major medical groups call for mandatory vaccinations of health-care workers
None of the COVID-19 vaccines are FDA approved. They have only been approved for emergency use. Many of the long-term side effects are not known, and the short-term side effects, so far, have not been great.