Mercer Island MD: Getting COVID vaccine has ‘become a political issue’
July 26, 2021 at 12:16 pm
Nurse practitioner Nicole Warner prepares doses of COVID-19 vaccines during the Joints4Jabs COVID-19 vaccination clinic, hosted by Pliable, at the Uncle Ike's White Center cannabis shop on June 16, 2021, in Seattle, Washington. (Photo by David Ryder/Getty Images)
There are a lot of people who are worried that the government is going to force them to get vaccinated against COVID-19, but it’s starting to be more likely that your employer will require a vaccine, especially if you work in the health care industry.
“A lot of health care corporations and universities are going to start mandating that all their employees get the COVID vaccine,” said Dr. Gordon Cohen, Mercer Island MD. “And what’s interesting is it actually appears to be happening on a regional basis so that employees can’t run from one institution to another — one where they have to get to another where they don’t have to get it.”