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June 14th, 2021
The Time for Hospitals to Require COVID-19 Vaccination Among Employees Is Now
Imagine you work at a hospital. Patients come and go, admitted through the emergency room, or electively for surgery. Or they arrive for the day — maybe it’s an outpatient visit, or to receive chemotherapy or an infusion of biologic agents, or to undergo various imaging and other tests. Some of them, of course, have […]
June 1st, 2021
We’re Allowed to Say that Some COVID-19 Vaccines Are Better than Others, Right?
Over on the CDC website, an amazing resource, there’s this statement about the COVID-19 vaccines: The best COVID-19 vaccine is the first one that is available to you. Do not wait for a specific brand. I certainly agreed with that comment back in late 2020 and early 2021, when demand for vaccines exceeded supply, and […]
Paul E. Sax, MD
Associate Editor
NEJM Clinician
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