Doctors say BJC prioritizing older employees for COVID-19 vaccine, not frontline workers
“A 30-year-old nurse who has not been vaccinated still must work on the COVID floor while an administrator is getting a vaccine, one doctor said. Author: Christine Byers (KSDK), Rhyan Henson Published: 7:28 PM CST December 19, 2020 Updated: 7:34 PM CST December 19, 2020
ST. LOUIS Doctors at Barnes Jewish Hospital tell 5 On Your Side the hospital’s administration is vaccinating its staff according to age, and not putting frontline workers first.
The policy which differs from SSM and Mercy’s plan means some doctors, residents, nurses, respiratory therapists and emergency room physicians who treat COVID-19 patients have been told they won’t be vaccinated until the end of January.