July 28 2021 – Facing a worrisome climb in COVID-19 cases across the country, the nation’s emergency physicians are increasing their calls for everyone eligible to get vaccinated and to practice safety measures to lessen the transmission of the virus.
The American College of Emergency Physicians (ACEP) has been closely monitoring the ever-changing dynamics at a national and regional level and given the growing threat of the Delta variant the organization has signed onto a joint statement among medical organizations that calls on all workers in health and long-term care to get vaccinated against the virus.
“ACEP has consistently encouraged vaccination for everyone who is eligible but given the new evidence around the dangers and trends of the Delta variant, we are joining those in the medical community to say all healthcare workers and those in long-term care facilities need to be vaccinated in order to protect those in our communities,” said Mark Rosenberg, DO, MBA, FACEP, president of ACEP. “While one statement alone may not shift the needle, we need to come together and focus on system-wide solutions if we’re to beat this pandemic.”
Added Dr. Rosenberg, “We are incredibly concerned for our patients and our colleagues. Emergency departments around the country are once again seeing a surge in severely ill patients, many of them young or unvaccinated. I don’t want to have to lose another patient to this terrible disease—especially when it could have been prevented.”
The American College of Emergency Physicians (ACEP) is the national medical society representing emergency medicine. Through continuing education, research, public education and advocacy, ACEP advances emergency care on behalf of its 40,000 emergency physician members, and the more than 150 million Americans they treat on an annual basis. For more information, visit www.acep.org and www.emergencyphysicians.org.
