2 California Nurses Reflect on Vaccine Mandates as State Prepares to Add Laws

2 California Nurses Reflect on Vaccine Mandates as State Prepares to Add Laws
Syringes and vials of the Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine. Patrick T. Fallon/AFP via Getty Images
Cynthia Cai
Cynthia Cai
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As California state lawmakers prepare to vote on seven COVID-19-related bills this month, two nurses reflected on how their hospitals managed vaccine mandates and religious exemptions.

“There’s a lot of data suggesting that the mandate we did, didn’t make a lot of difference,” said Authur Gorman, a registered nurse from northern California’s Shasta County. “Going forward, I want people to research that data, but I also want them to do local control.”

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