CT hospitals see spike in religious exemptions for mandated COVID vaccines

At Bristol Health, a small independent health system with 1,800 employees, 98% of workers were vaccinated by the Sept. 15 deadline. But while the hospital’s mandate to get vaccinated for COVID has pushed the majority of those previously unvaccinated to get a shot, it also has resulted in a spike in workers receiving religious exemptions.

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