Nevada resort workers are at the front of the line for upcoming Covid-19 vaccines, but will they want them? The Nevada Gaming Control Board (NGCB) wants to know, in light of news that as many as 35% of Nevadans will refuse to be vaccinated.

In a memo, the NGCB mandated that all licensees complete the Licensee Workforce Vaccination Survey by January 21, providing demographics information about their employees and presumably, how many plan to skip the needle. They also provided a bit of a push for operators to encourage their employees to get inoculated. The memo urged:

“Widespread vaccination of the industry’s workforce is essential to the health, safety, and prosperity of the industry itself, its workforce, and to state and local government. Therefore, submission of the information is mandatory.”

This memo came the same day a study by the University of Nevada, Reno and Nevada Department of Health and Human Services revealed 35% of Nevada residents weren’t sure they’d get themselves vaccinated. It’s believed that between 80 to 90% of the population needs to be inoculated for herd immunity to take effect.