Kimberly Marselas About this time last winter, I interviewed Lynn Hood about the challenges and yes, victories! of overseeing a chain of 40-plus
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There s fear out there. Not all nursing home staff want to get COVID vaccine Adam Wagner and Josh Shaffer, The News & Observer (Raleigh, N.C.)
Jan. 8 RALEIGH In November, Principle Long Term Care asked the full-time staffers across its 36 state nursing homes whether they felt comfortable taking a COVID-19 vaccine.
A stark answer came back: About 25% said yes.
The reasons varied, said Lynn Hood, president and CEO of Principle, which operates three long-term centers in the Triangle. But for much of the staff, reluctance dated to the infamous Tuskegee Institute studies, in which Black patients were recruited for a decades-long syphilis experiment without their consent and were never given adequate treatment.
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