A large percentage of front-line workers in hospitals and nursing homes have refused to take the Covid-19 vaccine, a hurdle for public health officials as the country struggles to roll out inoculations around the country.
About 50 percent of front-line workers in California’s Riverside County have refused to take the vaccine, Riverside Public Health Director Kim Saruwatari told The Los Angeles Times on Thursday. California is currently overwhelmed with cases as hospital staff in Southern California face a shortage of intensive-care units and have created makeshift units.
Vaccine development and distribution has been the target of persistent conspiracy theories and disinformation on social media, although it's unclear how much impact this anti-vaccination movement has had on overall public trust in the process.
About 2 in 10 Americans are certain they will not change their mind about refusing the vaccine, according to data from the Pew Research Center.
And 62 percent said they would be uncomfortable being among the first to receive the vaccine.
Anecdotally, an estimated 60 percent of Ohio nursing home employees have refused the vaccine already, Ohio Gov. Mike DeWine said during a news briefing Wednesday. I
t's a stark contrast to the number of nursing home residents who have taken the vaccine when offered, which DeWine guessed to be about 85 percent.
“We’re not going to make them, but we wish we had a higher compliance,” DeWine said. “And our message today is: The train may not be coming back for awhile. We’re going to make it available to everyone eventually, but this is the opportunity for you, and you should really think about getting it.”
And this Pennsylvania nursing home is offering a straight-up bribe of $750 for its employees to get the vaccine - paid for with federal CARES Act money.
— Alex Berenson (@AlexBerenson) December 31, 2020
Must be going on everywhere - why would a nursing home in PA and a hospital in TX be the only places? pic.twitter.com/J7eghMUp33
And this Pennsylvania nursing home is offering a straight-up bribe of $750 for its employees to get the vaccine - paid for with federal CARES Act money.
ReplyDeleteMust be going on everywhere - why would a nursing home in PA and a hospital in TX be the only places?
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I will not accept the vaccine. Pushed through, not enough animal trials, and to top it off, it is a monetized virus on scale of a complex Ponzi health scheme.
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