● Healthcare workers are currently more vaccine enthusiastic than the general population, although prior to vaccines being available vaccine attitudes of the two groups were nearly identical.
● From March to July, there has been sharp decreases in vaccine resistance across all demographic subgroups.
● As of July, 27% of healthcare workers are unvaccinated and 15% are vaccine resistant, suggesting that, absent mandates, most of the currently unvaccinated health care workers will remain unvaccinated, potentially fueling outbreaks in health care facilities.
● The current surge of cases due to the Delta variant will continue to exert pressure on health care providers to mandate vaccinations for their employees.