Many healthcare workers torn on whether to get COVID-19 vaccine
The development of the Pfizer - BioNTech and Moderna vaccines for protection against the coronavirus took less than a year - a real marvel of science. However, many people are showing uncertainty regarding the vaccine s long-term effects.
What is really surprising is that many frontline healthcare workers - doctors and nursing staff alike - are opting out of taking the new coronavirus vaccines. From California to Virginia, anywhere from 15 to 50 percent of healthcare professionals are reluctant to roll up their sleeves.
In California s Riverside County, an estimated 50 percent of frontline workers refused to take the vaccine, resulting in hospital and public officials meeting to strategize how best to distribute the unused doses, Public Health Director Kim Saruwatari said, according to KTLA.com.
Up to Half of Health Care Workers in Parts of California Refuse Coronavirus Vaccine
31 Dec 2020
Up to half of health care workers in some parts of California are refusing to take the coronavirus vaccine, despite scientific evidence that it is safe, leading to a potential surplus of doses and renewed questions about the system for allocating them.
The
Los Angeles Timesreported Thursday:
At St. Elizabeth Community Hospital in Tehama County, fewer than half of the 700 hospital workers eligible for the vaccine were willing to take the shot when it was first offered. At Providence Holy Cross Medical Center in Mission Hills, one in five frontline nurses and doctors have declined the shot. Roughly 20% to 40% of L.A. County’s frontline workers who were offered the vaccine did the same, according to county public health officials.
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