• Review the webpage Free Infographic MakerLinks to an external site..
• Review Chapter 20 in your textbook.
• Watch the video 364 – The Ethics of COVID-19 Vaccine MandatesLinks to an external site..
• Read the following webpages:
  • Employer Vaccine Mandates – Top 3 Pros and ConsLinks to an external site.
  • Frequently Asked Questions for COVID-19 MandatesLinks to an external site.
  • Civil Rights and COVID-19Links to an external site.

The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) Office for Civil Rights (2023) states,

the Office for Civil Rights (OCR) has issued guidance outlining legal standards under the federal civil rights laws prohibiting disability discrimination and providing concrete examples of the application of the legal standards in the context of COVID-19 vaccine programs and how to implement them. The OCR also issued a Fact Sheet setting out key actions to provide access to vaccination programs for people with disabilities. The OCR guidance and fact sheet are companion pieces to resources and information compiled by HHS agencies on best practices for ensuring vaccination accessibility. (“Non-Discrimination In Access to the COVID-19 Vaccine” section)

However, even with these guidelines, many U.S. citizens feel that their right to choose has been infringed upon, while others feel they do not have equal access to health care to include vaccines under the law.

This week you are the legal expert for Shady Valley Hospital system. You and your legal team are tasked with developing an infographic.

You and your team can choose between a pro or con perspective regarding vaccine mandates for the organization. For example, your team decides the Shady Valley hospital organization has decided to mandate COVID-19 vaccines. Your infographic will support this mandate and explain why. Inversely, your team decides the Shady Valley hospital organization has decided to allow staff to choose regarding COVID-19 vaccines, and your infographic will explain why.

Your infographic should address the following:

• Provide a historical overview of vaccine mandates in the U.S. health care system.
• Discuss in what circumstances vaccine mandates are warranted, or not warranted, in a health care organization mandates and policies.
• Explain the educational process.
  • What education will be provided?
  • What ongoing information will be provided to staff?
• Discuss, regarding the provision of health care services, how vaccine mandates, or the lack of mandates, may affect future legal lawsuits for the health care organizations.
• Explain how the organization will provide equal access to vaccines for all employees interested.
• Analyze current research and data that supports your infographic and organizational position regarding vaccine mandates.

Your infographic should include the following:

• a main title on your infographic
• three to five information sections regarding important topics (examples: tips, known facts, action items, possible gaps in current data) with appropriate headings
• one to two charts/graphs
• three to five graphic images
• minimum of eight known facts
• references for at least five sources used during your infographic creation