If they want one.
“Trust is the only thing” that will move the remaining people to get the vaccine, said Dr. Salma Saiger.
Saiger has built up trust with her patients over the 11 years she’s practiced primary care in Mesquite, just east of Dallas. She thinks people will put their reservations aside and get the vaccine after being counseled by their doctor.
“If, okay, my primary care doctor has taken care of me, she’s always given me good advice, she’s never misled me, [and] she’s telling me something … okay, I’ll trust her,” Saiger said.
Combined, the five providers in Saiger’s office vaccinate fewer than 10 people a day for COVID-19 — a far cry from the early days, when Saiger said her cell phone was “the most popular” number.