statement released today by 50 major medical organizations, calling for all health care workers to be required to be vaccinated against covid-19. their statement said, 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 fulfilments of the ethical commitment, of all health care workers, to put patience as well as residents of long term care facilities first. and take all steps necessary to ensure their health and well-being. nationwide, only 58.7% of nursing home employees, have been fully vaccinated. according to the centers for disease control. and fewer than 9% of hospitals, have required their workers to get vaccinated, according to the american hospital association.