Dear Family and Friends of South Cove Manor:

As you all know, Governor Baker has issued a mandate that requires all nursing home staff to be vaccinated against COVID-19. This mandate does NOT apply to healthcare workers in any other setting. While the mandate is intended to keep our residents safe, in its current form, the mandate could actually put our residents at increased risk. By not including healthcare workers that are employed by hospitals, home care agencies, doctor’s offices, etc., the mandate creates an additional disincentive for healthcare workers to work in nursing homes like ours. Nursing home staff members that are undecided about receiving the vaccine can currently choose to leave the Nursing Home they work in, and go work in many other healthcare settings, and not be subject to the vaccine mandate. This issue alone could potentially cause a mass exodus of nursing home staff members. 

South Cove Manor, and our trade association, Mass Senior Care, asks all of you to join us in urging Governor Baker to require ALL healthcare and eldercare workers to be vaccinated against COVID-19. Last week, The Boston Globe editorial called for Governor Baker to immediately implement a COVID-19 vaccine mandate for all healthcare workers in the state.

 

We continue to strongly believe that a statewide healthcare and eldercare COVID-19 vaccination mandate is critically important to ensuring the safety and well-being of citizens across the Commonwealth including our skilled nursing facility residents and staff. In addition, a statewide healthcare and eldercare COVID-19 vaccination mandate would create parity, transparency, and accountability within the entire health care system, which is ultimately to the benefit of consumers and their caregivers. Ten states have adopted similar mandates for all healthcare workers including California, Delaware, Maine, Maryland, New Mexico, New York, Oregon, Rhode Island, Washington, and Washington DC. A recent May 2021 poll showed 72% of Massachusetts voters overwhelmingly supported a statewide mandate for all healthcare employees to be vaccinated against COVID-19. Please join us, and Take Action Now!

Thank you again for placing your trust in South Cove Manor.

中華頤養院和我们的贸易协会 Mass Senior Care 请求大家与我们一起敦促贝克州长要求所有医疗保健和老年护理工作者接种 新冠疫苗。上周，《波士顿环球报》社论呼吁贝克州长立即为该州所有医护人员实施 新冠疫苗接种计划。

我们仍然坚信，全州范围内的医疗保健和老年护理新冠疫苗接种任务对于确保全英联邦公民的安全和福祉至关重要，包括我们熟练的护理机构院民和工作人员。此外，全州范围内的医疗保健和老年护理 新冠疫苗接种任务将在整个医疗保健系统内创造平等、透明和问责制，最终有利于消费者及其护理人员。十个州对所有医疗保健工作者采取了类似的规定，包括加利福尼亚州、特拉华州、缅因州、马里兰州、新墨西哥州、纽约州、俄勒冈州、罗德岛州、华盛顿州和华盛顿特区。最近 2021 年 5 月的一项民意调查显示，72% 的马萨诸塞州选民以压倒性多数支持全州范围内要求所有医疗保健员工接种新冠疫苗。请加入我们，立即采取行动！

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