Amid some resistance by healthcare workers, COVID-19 vaccine delivery continues to roll out Print
With early delivery of the first COVID-19 vaccine going smoothly, healthcare leaders are campaigning for clinicians to take and promote the vaccine.
As the first 2.9 million doses of the vaccine began to be delivered this week, three major provider-advocacy groups publicly urged clinicians to take the vaccine.
“Our hope is simple; we urge you to get the COVID-19 vaccine and share your experience with others,” states an open letter from the American Hospital Association (AHA), the American Nurses Association and the American Medical Association.
An AHA spokesman said that letter stemmed from “public polling we have seen, along with what we are hearing from members when they talk to their workforce.”
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Nursing home staff, residents fear vaccine, balk at shots By BERNARD CONDON and MATT SEDENSKY, Associated Press
Published: December 14, 2020, 7:19pm
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After 110,000 deaths ravaged the nation’s nursing homes and pushed them to the front of the vaccine line, they now face a vexing problem: Skeptical residents and workers balking at getting the shots.
Being first has come with persistent fears that the places hit hardest in the pandemic accounting for nearly 40 percent of the nation’s death toll could be put at risk again by vaccines sped into development in months rather than years. Some who live and work in homes question if enough testing was done on the elderly, if enough is known of side effects and if the sh
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US nursing home residents account for nearly 40% of nation s death toll
Some families and nurses fear those in fragile health could be put at risk by the Pfizer/BioNTech vaccine, and claim it has been rushed I will not be the test dummy, said one respondent to survey by National Association of Health Care Assistants
Others are keen for light at the end of the tunnel that could allow them to rejoin children and grandchildren
In on-going study of 44,000 people, U.S. Food and Drug Administration found vaccine safe and more than 90% effective, including the elderly
Experts say 70% of the population need to receive vaccine for it to be successful