In California, many people trying to visit their loved ones in nursing homes and other care facilities are struggling to get timely COVID test results.
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After 110,000 deaths ravaged the nation’s nursing homes and pushed them to the front of the vaccine line, they now face a vexing problem: skeptical residents and workers balking at getting the shots.
Being first has come with persistent fears that the places hit hardest in the pandemic accounting for nearly 40% of the nation’s death toll could be put at risk again by vaccines sped into development and use in months rather than years. Some who live and work in nursing homes question if enough testing was done on older people, if enough is known about side effects and if the shots could do more harm than good.