LISA: BREAKING NEWS COMES IN THE COVID PANDEMIC. KAISER PERMANENTE JUST ANNOUNCED IT WILL MAKE VACCISNE MANDATORY FOR ALL EMPLOYEES AND DOCTORS. THE CEO SAYS IT’S THE MOST EFFECTIVE WAY TO PROTECT THE COMMUNITY. KAISER SAYS 80% OF ITS EMPLOYEES ARE FULLY VACCINATED. EVERYONE HAS UNTIL THE END OF SEPTEMBER TO COMPLY. IF THEY CHOOSE NOT TO THEY WILL HAVE TO APPLY FOR MEDICAL OR RELIGIOUS EXEMPTIONS. GULSTAN: THAT ANNOUNCEMENT COMING IS A NATIONWIDE EFFORT CONTINUES TO GET MORE AMERICANS VACCINATED AS THE DELTA VARIANT CONTINUES TO SPREAD ACROSS THE COUNTRY. TODAY, THE U.S. FINALLY REACHING ETH PRESIDENT’S GOAL OF GETTING COVID-19 SHOTS IN THE EYE -- AND THERMS
Kaiser Permanente to require all staff, physicians to be fully vaccinated
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Updated: 10:45 PM PDT Aug 2, 2021
Kaiser Permanente will make COVID-19 vaccines mandatory for all employees and physicians, as the delta variant drives surging virus cases across the nation, the organization said Monday."As the country's largest integrated care delivery system, we feel it is our responsibility to do everything we can to help bring an end to the pandemic, especially in light of the dramatic increase in COVID-19 cases from the highly infectious Delta variant," Greg Adams, chair and chief executive officer for Kaiser Foundation Hospitals and Health Plan, Inc., said in a release. Kaiser, the country's largest integrated nonprofit health care organization, said as of July 31, 77.8% of Kaiser employees and more than 95% of Permanente Group physicians have been fully vaccinated. There are more than 216,000 employees and more than 23,000 physicians across Kaiser's network.The health care provider is aiming for Sept. 30, 2021, to fully vaccinate its entire workforce.Health experts have maintained that most of the newer cases stem from unvaccinated people.Employees will be given paid administrative time to get the vaccine, and Kaiser said it is working with labor unions on how the vaccine mandate will work.While Sutter Health does not yet have its own vaccine mandate, it said in a statement: “In addition to complying with the recent state Health Order and applicable local Health Orders, Sutter is developing our own workforce vaccination policy and remains committed to the health and safety of our patients, workforce and the communities we serve.” Dignity Health told KCRA 3 that it is not currently requiring vaccinations but will "evaluate what is in the best interest of all the lives we touch based on the latest recommendations from the CDC and the FDA.
Kaiser Permanente will make COVID-19 vaccines mandatory for all employees and physicians, as the delta variant drives surging virus cases across the nation, the organization said Monday.
"As the country's largest integrated care delivery system, we feel it is our responsibility to do everything we can to help bring an end to the pandemic, especially in light of the dramatic increase in COVID-19 cases from the highly infectious Delta variant," Greg Adams, chair and chief executive officer for Kaiser Foundation Hospitals and Health Plan, Inc., said in a release.
Kaiser, the country's largest integrated nonprofit health care organization, said as of July 31, 77.8% of Kaiser employees and more than 95% of Permanente Group physicians have been fully vaccinated. There are more than 216,000 employees and more than 23,000 physicians across Kaiser's network.
The health care provider is aiming for Sept. 30, 2021, to fully vaccinate its entire workforce.
Health experts have maintained that most of the newer cases stem from unvaccinated people.
Employees will be given paid administrative time to get the vaccine, and Kaiser said it is working with labor unions on how the vaccine mandate will work.
While Sutter Health does not yet have its own vaccine mandate, it said in a statement:
“In addition to complying with the recent state Health Order and applicable local Health Orders, Sutter is developing our own workforce vaccination policy and remains committed to the health and safety of our patients, workforce and the communities we serve.”
Dignity Health told KCRA 3 that it is not currently requiring vaccinations but will "evaluate what is in the best interest of all the lives we touch based on the latest recommendations from the CDC and the FDA.
