As the number of Covid-19 cases surges in the United States, more than 50 health and medical groups including the American Medical Association, the American College of Physicians, the American Academy of Pediatrics and the American Public Health Association issued a joint statement calling for all health care and long-term care employers to mandate employees be vaccinated against Covid-19. 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.
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VA mandates COVID-19 vaccine for medical employees, staff
By Austin Williams
New COVID-19 vaccine & testing mandate for NYC workers
New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio announced a new vaccination and testing mandate for all city workers, including teachers, police, firefighters and all government workers, requiring them to either be fully vaccinated or undergo weekly COVID-19 testing. The mandate will become effective on Sept. 15.
WASHINGTON - The U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs announced on Monday that VA health care personnel will be required to get vaccinated against COVID-19.
The agency said VA employees will have eight weeks to be fully vaccinated from the virus amid concern over a rise in novel coronavirus cases and the highly transmissible delta variant.
The bigger question how to go about it lacks a clear answer.
The threat is unmistakable: the more transmissible Delta variant of the virus is running rampant among the country’s unvaccinated population, prompting alarming increases in new cases and hospitalizations.
The seven-day average of daily new cases was 47 per cent higher last week than the previous week, and Delta is responsible for 83 per cent of them, according to the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
Only about 57 per cent of the eligible U.S. population is fully vaccinated, with 66 per cent having received one dose. The reluctant are likely to prove exceptionally stubborn, a recent poll suggests.
Groups calling for employers to mandate COVID-19 vaccines for health care workers
July 26, 2021
DELMARVA- With the recent COVID-19 surge, groups are calling for employers to mandate COVID-19 vaccines for health care workers.
More than 50 major medical group, including the American Medical Association and the American College of Physicians, recently put out a joint statement.
They expressed that all health care and long term care employers mandate employees to be vaccinated against COVID-19.
Adding, this is a logical fulfillment of the ethical commitment of all health care workers to put patients as well as residents of long-term care facilities first.
They said while they recognize some workers cannot be vaccinated, they constitute a small minority of all workers.