Some hospital staff say they are resisting COVID-19 vaccination because it’s so new and not yet fully approved by the FDA. Vaccination of health care workers is important to protect these frontline workers and their families. They will continue to be at risk of coming into contact with the infection, even as the number of cases falls. More hospitals are starting to require the shots to boost vaccination rates after the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission gave its green light to mandates in May. Among the nation’s 50 largest hospitals, the percentage of unvaccinated health care workers appears to be even larger, about 1 in 3. Vaccination rates range from a high of 99% at Houston Methodist Hospital, which was the first in the nation to mandate the shots for its workers, to a low between 30% and 40% at some hospitals in Florida (Goodman