Due to the recent COVID-19 surge in the United States and the availability of safe and effective vaccines, 57 health care organizations and society advocates issued a joint statement on Monday urging for all health care and long-term care employers to require their workers to receive the COVID-19 vaccine.
“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. This is the logical fulfillment of the ethical commitment of all health care workers to put patients as well as residents of long-term care facilities first and take all steps necessary to ensure their health and well-being,” they wrote in the joint statement issued Monday.
“Because of highly contagious variants, including the Delta variant, and significant numbers of unvaccinated people, COVID-19 cases, hospitalizations, and deaths are once again rising throughout the United States. Vaccination is the primary way to put the pandemic behind us and avoid the return of stringent public health measures,” the statement added.
This is especially necessary to protect those who are vulnerable, including unvaccinated children and the immunocompromised, the statement said.
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