Thread by @DrEricDing

Huge—nearly 60 major medical organizations, including the American Medical Association and the American Nurses Association, called on Monday for mandatory vaccination of health care workers.

nytimes.com/2021/07/26/hea…

2) As the highly contagious Delta variant drives a new surge of coronavirus cases, vaccination is an ethical obligation for health care workers, the groups said in a joint statement. acponline.org/acp_policy/sta…

3) ““Due to the recent Covid-19 surge and the availability of safe and effective vaccines, 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,” the statement said.

4) “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.”

5) “Health care organizations rarely agree on anything, but this is one thing where they are speaking with one voice and unanimity,” said Dr. Ezekiel Emanuel @ZekeEmanuel “I think that attests to the wide recognition that this is the right thing to do for this country.”

6) In New York, for instance, roughly 1 in 4 hospital workers have not yet been vaccinated, according to state data. Nationwide, just 58.7% of nursing home employees have been fully vaccinated, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.

7) Hospitals already been stepping up…

small group of employees sued Houston Methodist Hospital over its mandate. The suit was dismissed last month, and more than 150 workers at the hospital were fired or resigned over their refusal to be vaccinated.

nytimes.com/2021/06/22/us/…

8) Dr. Emanuel said that some hospitals and health care organizations were using the lack of full approval as an excuse to push off vaccine mandates. The joint statement noted that the Covid-19 vaccines have proven to be both safe and effective.

9) “With more than 300 million doses administered in the United States and nearly 4 billion doses administered worldwide, we know the vaccines are safe and highly effective at preventing severe illness and death from Covid-19,” Dr. Susan R. Bailey, past president of the A.M.A.

10) “The joint statement said that exceptions could be made for the small subset of employees who are unable to be vaccinated for medical reasons.”

11) here is the full statement demanding vaccine mandates for healthcare workers. acponline.org/acp_policy/sta…

12) Here is the list of signatories of major healthcare organizations demanding vaccine mandates for healthcare workers.

If your still vaccine hesitant— ask yourself, are you honestly smarter than the healthcare experts in all these organizations???
acponline.org/acp_policy/sta…

13) All California state employees must vaccinate or wear a mask and test regularly.

https://twitter.com/elex_michaelson/status/1419711614677250050

14) Huge— Dept of Veterans Affairs Issues Employee Vaccine Mandate, a First for a Federal Agency. The VA is the main healthcare provider for veterans of the US armed forces.
nytimes.com/2021/07/26/us/…

15) the drunk driving analogy is spot on! You do no have a right to go out and drink and drive to endanger others. Thx @GavinNewsom

https://twitter.com/drericding/status/1419747978089279488

16) What if there is only one ECMO machine left in the ICU? Coin flip? Most people in this Twitter poll strongly think it should goto a vaccinated than an unvaccinated. Doctors decide but they are human too.

https://twitter.com/WesElyMD/status/1419785952327778304