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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body lang=EN-US link="#0563C1" vlink="#954F72" style='word-wrap:break-word'><div class=WordSection1><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'><span style='font-size:9.5pt'><img width=540 height=163 style='width:5.625in;height:1.6979in' id="m_-7835614069456891615gmail-m_-8812551497387718317gmail-m_-680625089083050367m_-4761171347054414624m_3707413379897925782Picture_x0020_1" src="cid:image001.jpg@01D78A02.85348BA0"></span><span style='font-size:9.5pt'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'> </span><span style='font-size:9.5pt'><o:p></o:p></span></p><div style='margin-left:15.0pt;margin-top:7.5pt;margin-right:15.0pt;margin-bottom:7.5pt' id="m_-7835614069456891615gmail-m_-8812551497387718317gmail-m_-680625089083050367m_-4761171347054414624m_3707413379897925782content"><div style='border-top:solid #7F7F7F 1.0pt;border-left:none;border-bottom:solid #7F7F7F 1.0pt;border-right:none;padding:4.0pt 0in 4.0pt 0in'><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:9.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#7F7F7F'>August 5, 2021</span></b><span style='font-size:9.5pt'><o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div style='margin-top:11.25pt;margin-bottom:11.25pt'><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:9.5pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-right:45.0pt'><b><span style='font-size:12.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:red'>AAEM: Joint Statement in Support of COVID-19 Vaccine Mandates for All Workers in Health and Long-Term Care <o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-right:45.0pt'><span style='font-size:9.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'> </span><b><span style='font-size:12.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:red'><o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-right:15.7pt'><span style='font-size:9.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'>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. 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.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-right:15.7pt'><span style='font-size:9.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-right:15.7pt'><span style='font-size:9.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'><br>The statement is available at <a href="https://www.aaem.org/UserFiles/file/JointStatementinSupportofCOVID.pdf">https://www.aaem.org/UserFiles/file/JointStatementinSupportofCOVID.pdf</a><span style='color:black'> and the text of the statement is provided below.<o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-right:15.7pt'><span style='font-size:9.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-right:15.7pt'><span style='font-size:9.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black'>----------------------------------------------<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-right:15.7pt'><span style='font-size:9.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:0in;margin-right:30.7pt;margin-bottom:0in;margin-left:21.0pt;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><b><i><span style='font-size:9.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'><a href="http://www.ezekielemanuel.com/writing/all-articles/2021/07/26/joint-statement-in-support-of-covid-19-vaccine-mandates-for-all-workers-in-health-and-long-term-care"><span style='font-weight:normal'>Joint Statement in Support of COVID-19 Vaccine Mandates for All Workers in Health and Long-Term Care</span></a><o:p></o:p></span></i></b></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:0in;margin-right:30.7pt;margin-bottom:0in;margin-left:21.0pt;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><b><i><span style='font-size:9.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'>Joint Statement in Support of COVID-19 Vaccine Mandates for All Workers in Health and Long-Term Care</span></i></b><i><span style='font-size:9.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'><o:p></o:p></span></i></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:0in;margin-right:30.7pt;margin-bottom:0in;margin-left:21.0pt;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><i><span style='font-size:9.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'><o:p> </o:p></span></i></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:0in;margin-right:30.7pt;margin-bottom:0in;margin-left:21.0pt;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><i><span style='font-size:9.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'>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. 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.<o:p></o:p></span></i></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:0in;margin-right:30.7pt;margin-bottom:0in;margin-left:21.0pt;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><i><span style='font-size:9.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'><br><br><o:p></o:p></span></i></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:0in;margin-right:30.7pt;margin-bottom:0in;margin-left:21.0pt;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><i><span style='font-size:9.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'>Because of highly contagious variants, including the Delta variant, and significant numbers of unvaccinated people, COVID-19 cases, hospitalizations and deaths are once again rising throughout the United States.1 Vaccination is the primary way to put the pandemic behind us and avoid the return of stringent public health measures.<o:p></o:p></span></i></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:0in;margin-right:30.7pt;margin-bottom:0in;margin-left:21.0pt;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><i><span style='font-size:9.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'><br><br><o:p></o:p></span></i></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:0in;margin-right:30.7pt;margin-bottom:0in;margin-left:21.0pt;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><i><span style='font-size:9.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'>Unfortunately, many health care and long-term care personnel remain unvaccinated. As we move towards full FDA 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. This is especially necessary to protect those who are vulnerable, including unvaccinated children and the immunocompromised. Indeed, this is why many health care and long-term care organizations already require vaccinations for influenza, hepatitis B, and pertussis. <o:p></o:p></span></i></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:0in;margin-right:30.7pt;margin-bottom:0in;margin-left:21.0pt;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><i><span style='font-size:9.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'><br><br><o:p></o:p></span></i></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:0in;margin-right:30.7pt;margin-bottom:0in;margin-left:21.0pt;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><b><i><span style='font-size:9.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'>We call for all health care and long-term care employers to require their employees to be vaccinated against COVID-19.</span></i></b><i><span style='font-size:9.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'><o:p></o:p></span></i></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:0in;margin-right:30.7pt;margin-bottom:0in;margin-left:21.0pt;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><i><span style='font-size:9.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'><br><br><o:p></o:p></span></i></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:0in;margin-right:30.7pt;margin-bottom:0in;margin-left:21.0pt;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><i><span style='font-size:9.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'>We stand with the growing number of experts and institutions that support the requirement for universal vaccination of health workers.2,3 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. Employers should consider any applicable state laws on a case-by-case basis. <o:p></o:p></span></i></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:0in;margin-right:30.7pt;margin-bottom:0in;margin-left:21.0pt;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><i><span style='font-size:9.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'><br><br><o:p></o:p></span></i></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:0in;margin-right:30.7pt;margin-bottom:0in;margin-left:21.0pt;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><i><span style='font-size:9.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'>Existing COVID-19 vaccine mandates have proven effective.4,5 Simultaneously, we recognize the historical mistrust of health care institutions, including among many in our own health care workforce. We must continue to address workers’ concerns, engage with marginalized populations, and work with trusted messengers to improve vaccine acceptance.<o:p></o:p></span></i></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:0in;margin-right:30.7pt;margin-bottom:0in;margin-left:21.0pt;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><i><span style='font-size:9.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'><br><br><o:p></o:p></span></i></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:0in;margin-right:30.7pt;margin-bottom:0in;margin-left:21.0pt;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><i><span style='font-size:9.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'>As the health care community leads the way in requiring vaccines for our employees, we hope all other employers across the country will follow our lead and implement effective policies to encourage vaccination. The health and safety of U.S. workers, families, communities, and the nation depends on it.<o:p></o:p></span></i></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:0in;margin-right:30.7pt;margin-bottom:0in;margin-left:21.0pt;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><i><span style='font-size:9.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'><br><br><br><o:p></o:p></span></i></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:0in;margin-right:30.7pt;margin-bottom:0in;margin-left:21.0pt;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><b><i><span style='font-size:9.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'>SIGNATORIES</span></i></b><i><span style='font-size:9.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'><o:p></o:p></span></i></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:0in;margin-right:30.7pt;margin-bottom:0in;margin-left:21.0pt;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><i><span style='font-size:9.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'><br><br><o:p></o:p></span></i></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:0in;margin-right:30.7pt;margin-bottom:0in;margin-left:21.0pt;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><i><span style='font-size:9.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'>(Listed Alphabetically)<o:p></o:p></span></i></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:0in;margin-right:30.7pt;margin-bottom:0in;margin-left:21.0pt;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><i><span style='font-size:9.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'><o:p> </o:p></span></i></p><table class=MsoNormalTable border=0 cellpadding=0 style='margin-left:21.0pt'><tr><td valign=bottom style='padding:0in 0in 0in 0in'><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:0in;margin-right:30.7pt;margin-bottom:0in;margin-left:15.0pt;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><i><span style='font-size:9.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'>Academy of Neonatal Nursing (ANN)<o:p></o:p></span></i></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:0in;margin-right:30.7pt;margin-bottom:0in;margin-left:15.0pt;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><i><span style='font-size:9.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'>Academy of Managed Care Pharmacy (AMCP)<o:p></o:p></span></i></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:0in;margin-right:30.7pt;margin-bottom:0in;margin-left:15.0pt;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><i><span style='font-size:9.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'>American Academy of Ambulatory Care Nursing (AAACN)<o:p></o:p></span></i></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:0in;margin-right:30.7pt;margin-bottom:0in;margin-left:15.0pt;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><i><span style='font-size:9.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'>American Academy of Allergy, Asthma & Immunology (AAAAI)<o:p></o:p></span></i></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:0in;margin-right:30.7pt;margin-bottom:0in;margin-left:15.0pt;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><i><span style='font-size:9.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'>American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry (AACAP)<o:p></o:p></span></i></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:0in;margin-right:30.7pt;margin-bottom:0in;margin-left:15.0pt;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><i><span style='font-size:9.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'>American Academy of Family Physicians (AAFP)<o:p></o:p></span></i></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:0in;margin-right:30.7pt;margin-bottom:0in;margin-left:15.0pt;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><i><span style='font-size:9.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'>American Academy of Neurology (AAN)<o:p></o:p></span></i></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:0in;margin-right:30.7pt;margin-bottom:0in;margin-left:15.0pt;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><i><span style='font-size:9.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'>American Academy of Nursing (AAN)<o:p></o:p></span></i></p></td></tr><tr><td valign=bottom style='padding:0in 0in 0in 0in'><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:0in;margin-right:30.7pt;margin-bottom:0in;margin-left:15.0pt;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><i><span style='font-size:9.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'>American Academy of Ophthalmology (AAO)<o:p></o:p></span></i></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:0in;margin-right:30.7pt;margin-bottom:0in;margin-left:15.0pt;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><i><span style='font-size:9.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'>American Academy of PAs (AAPA)<o:p></o:p></span></i></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:0in;margin-right:30.7pt;margin-bottom:0in;margin-left:15.0pt;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><i><span style='font-size:9.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'>American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP)<o:p></o:p></span></i></p></td></tr><tr><td valign=bottom style='padding:0in 0in 0in 0in'><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:0in;margin-right:30.7pt;margin-bottom:0in;margin-left:15.0pt;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><i><span style='font-size:9.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'>American Association of Clinical Endocrinology (AACE)<o:p></o:p></span></i></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:0in;margin-right:30.7pt;margin-bottom:0in;margin-left:15.0pt;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><i><span style='font-size:9.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'>American Association of Colleges of Nursing (AACN)<o:p></o:p></span></i></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:0in;margin-right:30.7pt;margin-bottom:0in;margin-left:15.0pt;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><i><span style='font-size:9.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'>American Association of Colleges of Pharmacy (AACP)<o:p></o:p></span></i></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:0in;margin-right:30.7pt;margin-bottom:0in;margin-left:15.0pt;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><i><span style='font-size:9.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'>American Academy of Emergency Medicine (AAEM)<o:p></o:p></span></i></p></td></tr><tr><td valign=bottom style='padding:0in 0in 0in 0in'><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:0in;margin-right:30.7pt;margin-bottom:0in;margin-left:15.0pt;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><i><span style='font-size:9.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'>American Association of Neuroscience Nurses (AANN)<o:p></o:p></span></i></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:0in;margin-right:30.7pt;margin-bottom:0in;margin-left:15.0pt;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><i><span style='font-size:9.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'>American Association for Respiratory Care (AARC)<o:p></o:p></span></i></p></td></tr><tr><td valign=bottom style='padding:0in 0in 0in 0in'><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:0in;margin-right:30.7pt;margin-bottom:0in;margin-left:15.0pt;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><i><span style='font-size:9.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'>American College of Allergy, Asthma and Immunology (ACAAI)<o:p></o:p></span></i></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:0in;margin-right:30.7pt;margin-bottom:0in;margin-left:15.0pt;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><i><span style='font-size:9.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'>American College of Chest Physicians (CHEST)<o:p></o:p></span></i></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:0in;margin-right:30.7pt;margin-bottom:0in;margin-left:15.0pt;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><i><span style='font-size:9.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'>American College of Clinical Engineering (ACCE)<o:p></o:p></span></i></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:0in;margin-right:30.7pt;margin-bottom:0in;margin-left:15.0pt;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><i><span style='font-size:9.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'>American College of Clinical Pharmacy (ACCP)<o:p></o:p></span></i></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:0in;margin-right:30.7pt;margin-bottom:0in;margin-left:15.0pt;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><i><span style='font-size:9.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'>American College of Emergency Physicians (ACEP)<o:p></o:p></span></i></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:0in;margin-right:30.7pt;margin-bottom:0in;margin-left:15.0pt;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><i><span style='font-size:9.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'>American College of Gastroenterology (ACG)<o:p></o:p></span></i></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:0in;margin-right:30.7pt;margin-bottom:0in;margin-left:15.0pt;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><i><span style='font-size:9.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'>American College of Medical Genetics and Genomics (ACMG)<o:p></o:p></span></i></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:0in;margin-right:30.7pt;margin-bottom:0in;margin-left:15.0pt;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><i><span style='font-size:9.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'>American College of Medical Toxicology (ACMT)<o:p></o:p></span></i></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:0in;margin-right:30.7pt;margin-bottom:0in;margin-left:15.0pt;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><i><span style='font-size:9.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'>American College of Mohs Surgery (ACMS)<o:p></o:p></span></i></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:0in;margin-right:30.7pt;margin-bottom:0in;margin-left:15.0pt;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><i><span style='font-size:9.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'>American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists (ACOG)<o:p></o:p></span></i></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:0in;margin-right:30.7pt;margin-bottom:0in;margin-left:15.0pt;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><i><span style='font-size:9.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'>American College of Osteopathic Family Physicians (ACOFP)<o:p></o:p></span></i></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:0in;margin-right:30.7pt;margin-bottom:0in;margin-left:15.0pt;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><i><span style='font-size:9.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'>American College of Physicians (ACP)<o:p></o:p></span></i></p></td></tr><tr><td valign=bottom style='padding:0in 0in 0in 0in'><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:0in;margin-right:30.7pt;margin-bottom:0in;margin-left:15.0pt;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><i><span style='font-size:9.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'>American College of Preventive Medicine (ACPM)<o:p></o:p></span></i></p></td></tr><tr><td valign=bottom style='padding:0in 0in 0in 0in'><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:0in;margin-right:30.7pt;margin-bottom:0in;margin-left:15.0pt;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><i><span style='font-size:9.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'>American College of Surgeons (ACS)<o:p></o:p></span></i></p></td></tr><tr><td valign=bottom style='padding:0in 0in 0in 0in'><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:0in;margin-right:30.7pt;margin-bottom:0in;margin-left:15.0pt;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><i><span style='font-size:9.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'>American Epilepsy Society (AES)<o:p></o:p></span></i></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:0in;margin-right:30.7pt;margin-bottom:0in;margin-left:15.0pt;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><i><span style='font-size:9.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'>American Gastroenterological Association (AGA)<o:p></o:p></span></i></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:0in;margin-right:30.7pt;margin-bottom:0in;margin-left:15.0pt;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><i><span style='font-size:9.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'>American Geriatrics Society (AGS)<o:p></o:p></span></i></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:0in;margin-right:30.7pt;margin-bottom:0in;margin-left:15.0pt;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><i><span style='font-size:9.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'>American Medical Association (AMA)<o:p></o:p></span></i></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:0in;margin-right:30.7pt;margin-bottom:0in;margin-left:15.0pt;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><i><span style='font-size:9.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'>American Medical Women's Association (AMWA)<o:p></o:p></span></i></p></td></tr><tr><td valign=bottom style='padding:0in 0in 0in 0in'><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:0in;margin-right:30.7pt;margin-bottom:0in;margin-left:15.0pt;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><i><span style='font-size:9.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'>American Nurses Association (ANA)<o:p></o:p></span></i></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:0in;margin-right:30.7pt;margin-bottom:0in;margin-left:15.0pt;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><i><span style='font-size:9.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'>American Nurses Association - Illinois (ANA - Illinois)<o:p></o:p></span></i></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:0in;margin-right:30.7pt;margin-bottom:0in;margin-left:15.0pt;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><i><span style='font-size:9.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'>American Occupational Therapy Association (AOTA)<o:p></o:p></span></i></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:0in;margin-right:30.7pt;margin-bottom:0in;margin-left:15.0pt;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><i><span style='font-size:9.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'>American Osteopathic Association (AOA)<o:p></o:p></span></i></p></td></tr><tr><td valign=bottom style='padding:0in 0in 0in 0in'><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:0in;margin-right:30.7pt;margin-bottom:0in;margin-left:15.0pt;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><i><span style='font-size:9.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'>American Pharmacists Association (APhA)<o:p></o:p></span></i></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:0in;margin-right:30.7pt;margin-bottom:0in;margin-left:15.0pt;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><i><span style='font-size:9.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'>American Psychiatric Association (APA)<o:p></o:p></span></i></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:0in;margin-right:30.7pt;margin-bottom:0in;margin-left:15.0pt;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><i><span style='font-size:9.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'>American Psychological Association (APA)<o:p></o:p></span></i></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:0in;margin-right:30.7pt;margin-bottom:0in;margin-left:15.0pt;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><i><span style='font-size:9.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'>American Public Health Association (APHA)<o:p></o:p></span></i></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:0in;margin-right:30.7pt;margin-bottom:0in;margin-left:15.0pt;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><i><span style='font-size:9.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'>American Society for Clinical Pathology (ASCP)<o:p></o:p></span></i></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:0in;margin-right:30.7pt;margin-bottom:0in;margin-left:15.0pt;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><i><span style='font-size:9.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'>American Society for Gastrointestinal Endoscopy (ASGE)<o:p></o:p></span></i></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:0in;margin-right:30.7pt;margin-bottom:0in;margin-left:15.0pt;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><i><span style='font-size:9.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'>American Society for Radiation Oncology (ASTRO)<o:p></o:p></span></i></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:0in;margin-right:30.7pt;margin-bottom:0in;margin-left:15.0pt;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><i><span style='font-size:9.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'>American Society for Transplantation and Cellular Therapy (ASTCT)<o:p></o:p></span></i></p></td></tr><tr><td valign=bottom style='padding:0in 0in 0in 0in'><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:0in;margin-right:30.7pt;margin-bottom:0in;margin-left:15.0pt;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><i><span style='font-size:9.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'>American Society of Health-System Pharmacists (ASHP)<o:p></o:p></span></i></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:0in;margin-right:30.7pt;margin-bottom:0in;margin-left:15.0pt;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><i><span style='font-size:9.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'>American Society of Hematology (ASH)<o:p></o:p></span></i></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:0in;margin-right:30.7pt;margin-bottom:0in;margin-left:15.0pt;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><i><span style='font-size:9.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'>American Society of Nephrology (ASN)<o:p></o:p></span></i></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:0in;margin-right:30.7pt;margin-bottom:0in;margin-left:15.0pt;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><i><span style='font-size:9.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'>American Thoracic Society (ATS)<o:p></o:p></span></i></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:0in;margin-right:30.7pt;margin-bottom:0in;margin-left:15.0pt;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><i><span style='font-size:9.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'>Association of Bioethics Program Directors (ABPD)<o:p></o:p></span></i></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:0in;margin-right:30.7pt;margin-bottom:0in;margin-left:15.0pt;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><i><span style='font-size:9.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'>Association for Clinical Oncology (ASCO)<o:p></o:p></span></i></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:0in;margin-right:30.7pt;margin-bottom:0in;margin-left:15.0pt;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><i><span style='font-size:9.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'>Association of Pediatric Hematology/Oncology Nurses (APHON)<o:p></o:p></span></i></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:0in;margin-right:30.7pt;margin-bottom:0in;margin-left:15.0pt;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><i><span style='font-size:9.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'>Association for Professionals in Infection Control and Epidemiology (APIC)<o:p></o:p></span></i></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:0in;margin-right:30.7pt;margin-bottom:0in;margin-left:15.0pt;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><i><span style='font-size:9.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'>Association of Academic Health Centers (AAHC)<o:p></o:p></span></i></p></td></tr><tr><td valign=bottom style='padding:0in 0in 0in 0in'><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:0in;margin-right:30.7pt;margin-bottom:0in;margin-left:15.0pt;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><i><span style='font-size:9.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'>Association of American Medical Colleges (AAMC)<o:p></o:p></span></i></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:0in;margin-right:30.7pt;margin-bottom:0in;margin-left:15.0pt;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><i><span style='font-size:9.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'>Association of Rehabilitation Nurses (ARN)<o:p></o:p></span></i></p></td></tr><tr><td valign=bottom style='padding:0in 0in 0in 0in'><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:0in;margin-right:30.7pt;margin-bottom:0in;margin-left:15.0pt;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><i><span style='font-size:9.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'>Connecticut Nurses Association (CNA)<o:p></o:p></span></i></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:0in;margin-right:30.7pt;margin-bottom:0in;margin-left:15.0pt;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><i><span style='font-size:9.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'>Council of Medical Specialty Societies (CMSS)<o:p></o:p></span></i></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:0in;margin-right:30.7pt;margin-bottom:0in;margin-left:15.0pt;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><i><span style='font-size:9.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'>Delaware Nurses Association (DNA)<o:p></o:p></span></i></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:0in;margin-right:30.7pt;margin-bottom:0in;margin-left:15.0pt;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><i><span style='font-size:9.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'>Emergency Medicine Residents' Association (EMRA)<o:p></o:p></span></i></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:0in;margin-right:30.7pt;margin-bottom:0in;margin-left:15.0pt;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><i><span style='font-size:9.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'>Emergency Nurses Association (ENA)<o:p></o:p></span></i></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:0in;margin-right:30.7pt;margin-bottom:0in;margin-left:15.0pt;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><i><span style='font-size:9.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'>Hematology/Oncology Pharmacy Association (HOPA)<o:p></o:p></span></i></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:0in;margin-right:30.7pt;margin-bottom:0in;margin-left:15.0pt;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><i><span style='font-size:9.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'>HIV Medicine Association<o:p></o:p></span></i></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:0in;margin-right:30.7pt;margin-bottom:0in;margin-left:15.0pt;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><i><span style='font-size:9.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'>Illinois Pharmacists Association (IPhA)<o:p></o:p></span></i></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:0in;margin-right:30.7pt;margin-bottom:0in;margin-left:15.0pt;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><i><span style='font-size:9.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'>Infectious Diseases Society of America (IDSA)<o:p></o:p></span></i></p></td></tr><tr><td valign=bottom style='padding:0in 0in 0in 0in'><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:0in;margin-right:30.7pt;margin-bottom:0in;margin-left:15.0pt;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><i><span style='font-size:9.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'>LeadingAge<o:p></o:p></span></i></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:0in;margin-right:30.7pt;margin-bottom:0in;margin-left:15.0pt;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><i><span style='font-size:9.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'>Medical Society of Virginia (MSV)<o:p></o:p></span></i></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:0in;margin-right:30.7pt;margin-bottom:0in;margin-left:15.0pt;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><i><span style='font-size:9.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'>Missouri State Medical Association (MSMA)<o:p></o:p></span></i></p></td></tr><tr><td valign=bottom style='padding:0in 0in 0in 0in'><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:0in;margin-right:30.7pt;margin-bottom:0in;margin-left:15.0pt;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><i><span style='font-size:9.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'>National Association of Indian Nurses of America (NAINA)<o:p></o:p></span></i></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:0in;margin-right:30.7pt;margin-bottom:0in;margin-left:15.0pt;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><i><span style='font-size:9.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'>National Association of Pediatric Nurse Practitioners (NAPNAP)<o:p></o:p></span></i></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:0in;margin-right:30.7pt;margin-bottom:0in;margin-left:15.0pt;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><i><span style='font-size:9.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'>National Council of Asian Pacific Islander Physicians (NCAPIP)<o:p></o:p></span></i></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:0in;margin-right:30.7pt;margin-bottom:0in;margin-left:15.0pt;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><i><span style='font-size:9.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'>National Council of State Boards of Nursing (NCSBN)<o:p></o:p></span></i></p></td></tr><tr><td valign=bottom style='padding:0in 0in 0in 0in'><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:0in;margin-right:30.7pt;margin-bottom:0in;margin-left:15.0pt;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><i><span style='font-size:9.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'>National Hispanic Medical Association (NHMA)<o:p></o:p></span></i></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:0in;margin-right:30.7pt;margin-bottom:0in;margin-left:15.0pt;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><i><span style='font-size:9.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'>National League for Nursing (NLN)<o:p></o:p></span></i></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:0in;margin-right:30.7pt;margin-bottom:0in;margin-left:15.0pt;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><i><span style='font-size:9.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'>National Medical Association (NMA)<o:p></o:p></span></i></p></td></tr><tr><td valign=bottom style='padding:0in 0in 0in 0in'><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:0in;margin-right:30.7pt;margin-bottom:0in;margin-left:15.0pt;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><i><span style='font-size:9.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'>National Pharmaceutical Association (NPhA)<o:p></o:p></span></i></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:0in;margin-right:30.7pt;margin-bottom:0in;margin-left:15.0pt;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><i><span style='font-size:9.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'>New Hampshire Medical Society (NHMS)<o:p></o:p></span></i></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:0in;margin-right:30.7pt;margin-bottom:0in;margin-left:15.0pt;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><i><span style='font-size:9.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'>New Hampshire Nurses Association (NHNA)<o:p></o:p></span></i></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:0in;margin-right:30.7pt;margin-bottom:0in;margin-left:15.0pt;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><i><span style='font-size:9.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'>New Mexico Medical Society (NMMS)<o:p></o:p></span></i></p></td></tr><tr><td valign=bottom style='padding:0in 0in 0in 0in'><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:0in;margin-right:30.7pt;margin-bottom:0in;margin-left:15.0pt;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><i><span style='font-size:9.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'>Nurses Who Vaccinate (NWV)<o:p></o:p></span></i></p></td></tr><tr><td valign=bottom style='padding:0in 0in 0in 0in'><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:0in;margin-right:30.7pt;margin-bottom:0in;margin-left:15.0pt;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><i><span style='font-size:9.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'>Organization for Associate Degree Nursing (OADN)<o:p></o:p></span></i></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:0in;margin-right:30.7pt;margin-bottom:0in;margin-left:15.0pt;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><i><span style='font-size:9.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'>Pediatric Infectious Diseases Society (PIDS)<o:p></o:p></span></i></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:0in;margin-right:30.7pt;margin-bottom:0in;margin-left:15.0pt;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><i><span style='font-size:9.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'>Philippine Nurses Association of America, Inc (PNAA)<o:p></o:p></span></i></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:0in;margin-right:30.7pt;margin-bottom:0in;margin-left:15.0pt;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><i><span style='font-size:9.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'>Society of Emergency Medicine Physician Assistants (SEMPA)<o:p></o:p></span></i></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:0in;margin-right:30.7pt;margin-bottom:0in;margin-left:15.0pt;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><i><span style='font-size:9.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'>Society of Gynecologic Oncology (SGO)<o:p></o:p></span></i></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:0in;margin-right:30.7pt;margin-bottom:0in;margin-left:15.0pt;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><i><span style='font-size:9.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'>Society for Healthcare Epidemiology of America (SHEA)<o:p></o:p></span></i></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:0in;margin-right:30.7pt;margin-bottom:0in;margin-left:15.0pt;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><i><span style='font-size:9.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'>Society for Immunotherapy of Cancer (SITC)<o:p></o:p></span></i></p></td></tr><tr><td valign=bottom style='padding:0in 0in 0in 0in'><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:0in;margin-right:30.7pt;margin-bottom:0in;margin-left:15.0pt;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><i><span style='font-size:9.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'>Society of Hospital Medicine (SHM)<o:p></o:p></span></i></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:0in;margin-right:30.7pt;margin-bottom:0in;margin-left:15.0pt;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><i><span style='font-size:9.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'>Society of Infectious Diseases Pharmacists (SIDP)<o:p></o:p></span></i></p></td></tr><tr><td valign=bottom style='padding:0in 0in 0in 0in'><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:0in;margin-right:30.7pt;margin-bottom:0in;margin-left:15.0pt;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><i><span style='font-size:9.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'>Society of Interventional Radiology (SIR)<o:p></o:p></span></i></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:0in;margin-right:30.7pt;margin-bottom:0in;margin-left:15.0pt;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><i><span style='font-size:9.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'>South Carolina Nurses Association (SCNA)<o:p></o:p></span></i></p></td></tr><tr><td valign=bottom style='padding:0in 0in 0in 0in'><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:0in;margin-right:30.7pt;margin-bottom:0in;margin-left:15.0pt;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><i><span style='font-size:9.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'>Texas Nurses Association (TNA)<o:p></o:p></span></i></p></td></tr><tr><td valign=bottom style='padding:0in 0in 0in 0in'><p class=MsoNormal 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Hartford Foundation<o:p></o:p></span></i></p></td></tr><tr><td valign=bottom style='padding:0in 0in 0in 0in'><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:0in;margin-right:30.7pt;margin-bottom:0in;margin-left:15.0pt;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><i><span style='font-size:9.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'>Transcultural Nursing Society (TCNS)<o:p></o:p></span></i></p></td></tr><tr><td valign=bottom style='padding:0in 0in 0in 0in'><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:0in;margin-right:30.7pt;margin-bottom:0in;margin-left:15.0pt;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><i><span style='font-size:9.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'>Vermont Medica Society (VMS)<o:p></o:p></span></i></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:0in;margin-right:30.7pt;margin-bottom:0in;margin-left:15.0pt;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><i><span style='font-size:9.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'>Virgin Islands State Nurses Association (VISNA)<o:p></o:p></span></i></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:0in;margin-right:30.7pt;margin-bottom:0in;margin-left:15.0pt;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><i><span style='font-size:9.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'>Wound, Ostomy, and Continence Nurses Society (WOCN)<o:p></o:p></span></i></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:0in;margin-right:30.7pt;margin-bottom:0in;margin-left:15.0pt;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><i><span style='font-size:9.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'><br><br><br> <o:p></o:p></span></i></p></td></tr></table><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:0in;margin-right:30.7pt;margin-bottom:0in;margin-left:21.0pt;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><i><span style='font-size:9.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'><o:p> </o:p></span></i></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:0in;margin-right:30.7pt;margin-bottom:0in;margin-left:21.0pt;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><i><span style='font-size:9.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'>When referring to this statement, please cite:<br>Emanuel EJ and Skorton DJ. Mandating COVID-19 Vaccinations for Health Care Workers. Ann Intern Med. Published online July 30, 2021. <a href="https://doi.org/10.7326/M21-3150" target="_blank">https://doi.org/10.7326/M21-3150</a><o:p></o:p></span></i></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:0in;margin-right:30.7pt;margin-bottom:0in;margin-left:21.0pt;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><i><span style='font-size:9.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'><br><br><o:p></o:p></span></i></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:0in;margin-right:30.7pt;margin-bottom:0in;margin-left:57.0pt;margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-indent:-.25in;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1'><![if !supportLists]><i><span style='font-size:9.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'><span style='mso-list:Ignore'>1.<span style='font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"'> </span></span></span></i><![endif]><i><span style='font-size:9.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'>Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Covid Data Tracker Weekly Review. 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Infection Control & Hospital Epidemiology, 1-46. doi:10.1017/ice.2021.322<o:p></o:p></span></i></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:0in;margin-right:30.7pt;margin-bottom:0in;margin-left:57.0pt;margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-indent:-.25in;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1'><![if !supportLists]><i><span style='font-size:9.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'><span style='mso-list:Ignore'>3.<span style='font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"'> </span></span></span></i><![endif]><i><span style='font-size:9.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'>American Hospital Association. AHA Policy Statement on Mandatory COVID-19 Vaccination of Health Care Personnel. 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Available from: <a href="https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/health/2021/06/10/dc-hospitals-others-follow-houston-methodist-requiring-vaccination/7633481002/">https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/health/2021/06/10/dc-hospitals-others-follow-houston-methodist-requiring-vaccination/7633481002/</a> [Accessed 22 July 2021].<o:p></o:p></span></i></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:0in;margin-right:30.7pt;margin-bottom:0in;margin-left:57.0pt;margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-indent:-.25in;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1'><![if !supportLists]><i><span style='font-size:9.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'><span style='mso-list:Ignore'>5.<span style='font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"'> </span></span></span></i><![endif]><i><span style='font-size:9.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'>Paulin E. More Nursing Homes Are Requiring Staff COVID-19 Vaccinations. AARP. 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