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Millions of doses of Pfizer s COVID-19 vaccine will be available by the end of this month, but while some Americans have eagerly awaited the vaccine s arrival, others are taking a wait-and-see approach.
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) has proposed that the vaccine first go to healthcare workers and then adults in long-term care facilities, those with high-risk medical conditions, and essential workers.
A new Gallup Panel poll released on Tuesday showed that 63 percent of Americans are willing to be vaccinated against the disease, an increase from 58 percent in an October poll.
More than two-thirds of Americans in the 18-44 and 65-and-older age groups are willing to get the vaccine, according to the poll.
Bay Area readies for coronavirus vaccine as FDA takes key step toward endorsing Pfizer drug [San Francisco Chronicle]
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Physicians, a nurse, and a historian explored ways to minimize distrust in medicine, during a webinar hosted by the American Medical Association as part of its Prioritizing Equity series.
When the vaccine became available for H1N1, Lauren Smith, MD, MPH, chief health equity and strategy officer for the CDC Foundation and a panelist in the discussion Thursday, was working at a state health department.
While the department looked to ensure that all the healthcare providers took the vaccine, Smith said she was surprised by the amount of pushback it received. There are a lot of healthcare providers who said no.
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