A pharmacist prepares staff and residents for a Pfizer-made vaccine against the Chinese Communist virus at a senior living community in Virginia on December 30, 2020.
Reports and studies show that 29% of those working in health care are unwilling or refuse to get the vaccine against the Chinese Communist virus (COVID-19), a higher percentage than the general population. Among some front-line health care workers, more than half are unwilling to get the vaccine.
A study that tracked public attitudes and experiences with the vaccine found that nearly one-third of health care workers were “hesitant to get the vaccine. They said they may or may not get the vaccine even if it is free and considered safe by scientists. This figure is slightly higher than that of the general population. There are also a few reports of high rates of refusal among frontline health care workers.
A survey released in December by the Kaiser Family Foundation (KFF) Vaccine Attitudes Tracking Project showed an increase in the percentage of the general population who said they were definitely or probably going to get vaccinated against the Chinese communist virus, from 63 percent in September to 71 percent today; only 27 percent of the general population was “on the fence” about the vaccine.
According to the survey, among those who are hesitant to receive the vaccine, 59% are most concerned about possible side effects, while 55% are worried that the safety and effectiveness of the vaccine cannot be guaranteed.
According to the survey, the percentage of healthcare workers who were hesitant was slightly higher than the general population, at 29%. At the same time, a minority of reports indicated a higher percentage of frontline healthcare workers declined vaccination.
Ohio Gov. Mike DeWine (R) said at a news conference Dec. 30 that about 60 percent of the state’s nursing home workers have opted not to get the CCHV vaccine so far.
Also, California and Texas have high rates of health care workers refusing vaccinations.
The Los Angeles Times quoted public health officials as saying that about 50 percent of front-line staff in Riverside County, located in Southern California, chose not to get the vaccine, while more than half of hospital staff at St. Elizabeth Community Hospital in Northern California refused to vaccinations.
A physician at Houston Memorial Medical Center in Texas told NPR in early December that about half of the hospital’s nurses would not be vaccinated.
Two vaccines against the Chinese Communist virus are currently available for emergency use in the United States, from Pfizer and Moderna, respectively. Both products are considered “safe and effective” by the scientific panel, and the “benefits outweigh the harms.
But the issue of vaccines has long been controversial. Part of the reason is that some people believe that vaccination is a violation of individual civil liberties when there is an urgent need to achieve herd immunity as soon as possible.
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