More than 50 organizations representing millions of doctors, nurses and other health workers have released an urgent plea for vaccines to be mandated.
the proposed mandate as a way to inspire more vaccinations. “Despite everything—cajoling, making access readily available at any pharmacy, making it free, having the president plead—all of this hasn’t really moved the needle very much in the nation,” said Emanuel, who is a bioethicist at the University of Pennsylvania. Healthcare facilities across the US. are struggling with vaccine hesitancy among their workers.
More than 38% of nursing home staff were not fully vaccinated as of July 11, according to data collected by the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services. The call for urgent action also comes as coronavirus cases surge nationwide due to the spread of the more infectious delta variant. A tracker run byshows new daily infections jumped more than 170% to an average of 51,939 over the past two weeks. Hospitalizations and deaths have also increased during that period by 58% and 20%, respectively.
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