Sentara's investment will help forge a new School of Public Health that will strength the heath care system in Hampton Roads, the presidents of Old Dominion and Norfolk State writes in a guest column.
COVID-19 is nothing to make light of. It is a very contagious virus that has the potential to have devastating effects in the body, even to the point of causing
Although public health officials have been at pains to explain the COVID-19 vaccine is safe and effective for people from all racial groups, people of color have valid concerns about racism in medicine. Healthcare outcomes are worse for people of color, who receive worse care than white patients.
Virginia officials hoped all healthcare workers would want a vaccine, but that hasn t happened
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NORFOLK, Va. - When vaccines rolled out in Virginia for the first time in December, healthcare workers were put in the front of the line, but not all of them lined up. We initially allocated [the] vaccine hoping 100% of healthcare workers would want to get vaccinated. That s not been the case, said Dr. Danny Avula, who s overseeing vaccination efforts in the Commonwealth for the Virginia Department of Health.
It appears some were hesitant at first. Dr. Avula says health systems he s talked with report about 50 to 60% of their workers wanted a vaccine at first, but after about a month of vaccines, attitudes appear to be changing. Some of the folks who were waiting and seeing have seen the first wave go through, and in some cases get the second dose, and now they re signing up to be vaccinated, he said.
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