and i hate to do that because i love my patients. i love the people i work with. but at the same time, i'm not going to personally go against something that i feel very, very deeply in my soul that would hurt me. >> reporter: only about 60% of staff are vaccinated at scotland county hospital in rural northeast missouri. the hospital's ceo doesn't think a mandate will make unvaccinated staff get the shot. he thinks it will make them quit. >> our reality is we need staff to work. and in return for your working, we're not going to -- a vaccine mandate. there were people in the hospital that freely shared that if a vaccine mandate happened on our account or on anyone else's, they would not work here. that's just something they weren't going to put in their body and we thought well, why not take advantage of people's perceptions and people's fears? because everyone wears an n95 mask when they're giving patient care, anyway. a lot of people were pleased that -- that we honored their right to choose what they want to do with their body. and i think that may have helped retain some staff that may have been tempted to jump to other places because of salary or what