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Nearly all Americans over 65 got their initial Covid vaccines. But that immunity is waning, and this time, the government is offering far less support for new shots.

CMS has offered precautionary steps providers can take when it comes to workers who are exempt from the COVID-19 vaccination requirement. 

COVID-19 cases plummeting among nursing home staffers, an ‘encouraging’ sign of the vaccines’ effectiveness Updated Mar 16, 2021; Posted Mar 16, 2021 The Reservoir nursing home registered nurse Sophia Walker gets the Pfizer BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine in West Hartford, Conn., on Dec. 18, 2020. (Brad Horrigan/The Hartford Courant/TNS)TNS Facebook Share Joan Phillips, a certified nursing assistant in a Florida nursing home, loved her job but dreaded the danger of going to work in the pandemic. When vaccines became available in December, she jumped at the chance to get one. Months later, i...

Covid-19 cases plunge 83% among US nursing home staff, despite vaccine hesitancy CNN 3/15/2021 By Melissa Bailey and Shoshana Dubnow, Kaiser Health News © Joe Raedle/Getty Images A healthcare worker administers the Pfizer-BioNtech Covid-19 vaccine to residents and staff members at a retirement community in Pompano Beach, Florida, on January 6. Joan Phillips, a certified nursing assistant in a Florida nursing home, loved her job but dreaded the danger of going to work in the pandemic. When vaccines became available in December, she jumped at the chance to get one. Months l...

Federal records show a steep decline in staff cases since December, when health care workers at thousands of nursing homes began getting their shots. Still, many are reluctant to get vaccinated.