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Health experts weigh in on the truth about the COVID vaccine
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NEW JERSEY (WABC) Despite the outreach and efforts to increase communication, many people are still skeptical and are still asking questions about the vaccine.
For Becky Kaiser, a single mom of four and a nurse at Hackensack Meridian Health Center, getting the vaccine wasn t a sure thing. I had some hesitation about something so new and if I got sick from the vaccine, she said.
But, the devastation she saw among COVID patients compounded with her own fear of getting the virus and not being able to care for her kids, changed her mind.
December 10, 2020 at 6:00 am
As the coronavirus pandemic picked up speed this year, some people’s jobs became a nonstop race to help save lives. Here, an emergency medicine doctor, vaccine trial volunteer, protective equipment manufacturer, public health director and others share what 2020 was like for them.
The following interviews have been edited for length and clarity.
Yvette CalderonMount Sinai Health System
Yvette Calderon is chair of emergency medicine at Mount Sinai Beth Israel Hospital. She was on the front lines of New York’s City’s early pandemic surge.
Q: How did the pandemic change your work?
Calderon: It was a very stressful time. it was really important to check in with everyone nursing staff, faculty, residents, the [physician’s assistants] just to make sure we had a mental health check. We saw a lot of death, more than I’ve ever seen in a short period of time.