Slow Gains in Staff Vaccine Uptake May Point to Why Test-Out Option was Omitted From Mandate

Though many nursing home providers and industry advocates pushed for test-out options when the COVID-19 vaccination mandate for health care workers was first announced, data from Mississippi shows a minimal increase when such an exemption was instituted. Staff vaccination rates increased from 43% before the state enacted a test-out mandate to 51.3% over three months […]