‘Better late than never’: Doctors praise Boston’s vaccine mandate and passports | GBH News

CEID Founding Director Dr. Nahid Bhadelia joined Jim Braude on Greater Boston to discuss Boston’s vaccine mandates and passports.

“Bhadelia said that measures like vaccine passports and mandates can go a long way in both protecting public health and continuing to keep society open. ‘Better late than never. I think we should have done this awhile ago,’ she said.

‘For the remaining people that haven’t taken the vaccines, measures like this will push them, give them one more reason potentially to take that shot,’ she continued. ‘And in the grander scheme of things, with the omicron variant, that greater amount of protection means fewer people who are unvaccinated that might end up in the hospital.’”

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