“Unfortunately, many health care and long-term care personnel remain unvaccinated.
As we move towards full [Food and Drug Administration] approval of the currently available vaccines, all health care workers should get vaccinated for their own health, and to protect their colleagues, families, residents of long-term care facilities and patients.â€.
Overseas, French lawmakers passed a law that requires health workers to get vaccinated and requires a “health pass†— proof of vaccination or a negative test — to gain entry into certain venuesAlso, “while we recognize some workers cannot be vaccinated because of identified medical reasons and should be exempted from a mandate, they constitute a small minority of all workers,†the letter said