Only about half of Lancaster Countyâs first responders â emergency medical service personnel and police officers â have received or have plans to get the COVID-19 vaccine. And no agency says it currently intends to make the vaccination mandatory.
LNP | LancasterOnline contacted all 18 EMS companies serving the county. The six agencies that responded reported that half â 51% â of their personnel had already received or had plans to receive the vaccine.
Similarly, the six police departments that responded reported that about 53% of their officers had received or planned to receive the vaccine.
The findings roughly mirror results of a Pew Research Center survey in December that found 60% of Americans would definitely or probably get the COVID-19 vaccine.