Doctors, nurses, medical groups call for mandatory vaccinations of health-care workers
| Leading groups for doctors, nurses and other health-care professionals are calling for COVID-19 vaccines to be mandated for health workers, as vaccinations lag amid the spread of the delta variant.
“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,” the American Medical Association, American Nurses Association, and over 50 other health groups said in a statement on Monday. “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.” |
