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© Getty Images Nursing homes and assisted living facilities across the country are facing difficult headwinds as they kick off a mass-vaccination campaign against the coronavirus. Challenges in obtaining consent could delay vaccinations for millions of residents, and some staff are balking at taking the vaccine, prompting facilities to launch education initiatives in an effort to win them over. Congregate settings like nursing homes have proved to be the most dangerous areas for COVID-19 transmission, and the elderly are the most likely to face severe complications, including death, if they get the disease. ADVERTISEMENT States have been vaccinating health workers for almost three weeks, but a federal partnership with CVS and Walgreens to inoculate residents and staff of long term care facilities didn’t launch until last week, and in only a dozen states.

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