With cases spiking across the country, top health officials are making it clear that COVID-19 is becoming “a pandemic of the unvaccinated.” According to the CDC , less than half of the total U.S. population has been fully vaccinated and yet fewer Americans are lining up for shots each week. Hospitals and health systems, which have borne the brunt of the pandemic, are now starting to look inward at the vaccination rates of their own workforces. A growing number of providers are shifting their policies away from simply encouraging staff vaccination to requiring the shots as a condition of employment. While this hard line has drawn protests and lawsuits from unvaccinated employees who say the requirements infringe on personal freedoms, mandatory COVID-19 vaccination policies have picked up the support of numerous professional and industry organizations . “COVID-19 vaccines protect healthcare personnel when working both in healthcare facilities and in the community. They provide s