Table 1.

Reasons for COVID-19 vaccine acceptance among vaccinated employees.

Theme	Quotes from Survey
1) Individual and community health	Avoid illness and hospitalization due to COVID 19
	To protect myself, my family, and those in my community.
	Getting the vaccine was the best decision to make to be safe. I wanted to feel protected”
	To do my part to in stopping the spread of COVID-19
	Community health - avoiding accidentally spreading it
	Safety of my household and others within my community
2) Protect vulnerable and unvaccinated family members	To protect my spouse who has a health condition making her potentially more vulnerable to COVID-19
	I wanted to protect the vulnerable family members I live with.
	To protect my elderly and immunocompromised family members
	Family members that are high risk and I have kids in grade school
	I have 2 kids under 12. They cannot be vaccinated.
3) Promote patient and workplace safety	Felt a duty to protect myself and patients
	Protect my patients and coworkers from COVID
	I think for the safety of staff and patients I should be vaccinated.
	Face to face patient care/unable to social distance in my work
	Protect the Veterans I care for
4) Scientific evidence	I reviewed the science and felt comfortable getting the vaccine
	I have confidence in science and reassurance from clinicians I trust
	I know the science overwhelmingly supports the vaccines' safety and efficacy
	There was good evidence of the vaccine's effectiveness and few side effects
	Clear consensus around the evidence supporting safety and efficacy of the vaccine