WellSpan Health launched an online sign-up portal for COVID-19 vaccines on Jan. 19, the same day Pennsylvania expanded the first phase of its vaccine rollout plan. Within 48 hours the health system had scheduled 45,000 appointments and shut down the portal.
Barry Millhouse was able to schedule a February appointment for his 78-year-old mother at WellSpan York Hospital. She was diagnosed with lung cancer in the past year and is considered high-risk.
Before reaching out to WellSpan, Millhouse contacted his motherâs doctors at Penn Medicine Lancaster General Health, where she had been previously hospitalized.
Their response left Millhouse frustrated and upset.
He said they told him they werenât going to be administering the vaccine to the public right now and that he should keep watching the news to see when and where to get vaccinated.
As soon as Kenneth Hartenstine saw a tweet around noon Tuesday that COVID-19 vaccines are now available to Pennsylvanians over 65, he immediately went to the state’s website to confirm
PA Health-Care Workers Surprisingly Decline COVID Vaccine
Pennsylvania Secretary of Health Dr. Rachel Levine acknowledged this week some health-care workers have declined the vaccine, and noted some work in nursing homes, where the COVID toll has been especially high. by David Wenner, pennlive.com / January 7, 2021 A nurse shows a test for the coronavirus at the Kershaw Mental Health Clinic in Camden, South Carolina on Monday, March 23, 2020. (Joshua Boucher/The State/TNS) TNS
(TNS) - It’s well-known a substantial number of Americans are reluctant or unwilling to receive COVID-19 vaccine.
But it came as a surprise that a substantial number of health care workers are declining it.
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