The Facts:
A survey conducted at Chicago s Loretto Hospital shows that only 40 percent of healthcare workers will not take the COVID-19 vaccine once it s available to them.
Reflect On:
Why does vaccine hesitancy not only among people, but healthcare workers seem to be growing larger and larger every single year?
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What Happened: Earlier this month Dr. Nikhila Juvvadi, the chief clinical officer at Chicago’s Loretto Hospital, said that a survey was administered there to healthcare workers in December regarding who would get the COVID-19 vaccine and who wouldn’t. The survey found that 40 percent of the hospital staff said they would not get vaccinated and 60 percent said they would.
Dr. Nikhila Juvvadi, chief clinical officer at a Chicago hospital, says about 40 percent of the staff distrust the vaccines in part because of deep-rooted cultural mistrust based on past abuses.
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SHOT BLOCKERS
Health care and frontline workers are REFUSING the new Covid vaccines as public remains wary of new virus jab
Updated: 2 Jan 2021, 23:04
A LARGE number of health care professionals and frontline staff are refusing to take the coronavirus vaccine, according to a new survey.
Staff first in line to receive the Moderna-produced Covid-19 shot are either hesitant to take, or outright refuse, the jab - despite fears January will see a sharp post-seasonal rise in cases of the virus.
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AKaiser Family Foundation report found 29% of healthcare workers were hesitant to receive the vaccineCredit: AFP or licensors
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Frontline staff who are high priorities to receive the new Moderna vaccine are declining itCredit: EPA
Historic moment
Updated Dec 19, 2020, 7:05 pm IST
Dr Nikhila Juvvadi who administered the first vaccine shot to a frontline worker in Chicago recently, speaks exclusively to Deccan Chronicle
Dr Nikhila Juvvadi
“If you’ve already had COVID-19, it’s still recommended you get the vaccine as it helps get your immunity to get stronger.”
“Vaccine requires a particular type of storage, at about –80 degree C, which means a lot of logistic preplanning”
“In India, there are the internationally developed Astrazenaca and those being developed in Hyderabad with Bharat Biotech, which will likely be available first”
“In the United States, the general public will get the vaccine by March, and I’m sure it’ll happen in India by summer too.”