My wife and her coworkers were told they wouldn’t “lose” their job as an ER lead nurse as there’s such a shortage they know they’d never find replacements. She’s had the vaccine since last December dealing with Covid patients daily, while a handful have not. Just last week they “negotiated” an 11% raise across the board just to keep staff who were qualified to deal with everything going on.
I’m not a fan of mandates. Any time you try to “mandate” something people push back. Had they kept the vaccine scarce like it was last December-February, people would be doing everything possible to cut in-line, falsify their medical status, etc. and ultimately a greater percentage of people may now be vaccinated. Humans want what they can’t have or is hard to get, while things forced on them they run from.