Major Medical Groups Call for Mandatory COVID-19 Vaccinations for All Health Workers

Major Medical Groups Call for Mandatory COVID-19 Vaccinations for All Health Workers
A health care worker administers a shot of the Moderna COVID-19 vaccine to a woman at a pop-up vaccination site operated by SOMOS Community Care during the COVID-19 pandemic in Manhattan in New York City, on Jan. 29, 2021. Mike Segar/Reuters
Jack Phillips
Jack Phillips
Breaking News Reporter
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Dozens of major medical groups, including the American Medical Association and the American Academy of Pediatrics, are calling for employers to mandate COVID-19 vaccines for all health care workers.

“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,” the groups wrote in a July 26 statement (pdf).
Jack Phillips
Jack Phillips
Breaking News Reporter
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