BlogsCommunityMusicArtsScreenEat & DrinkLegals The List: Reasons Columbus police aren’t getting vaccinated today A recent article in the Washington Post reported that only 28 percent of Columbus police officers had received at least one shot. We thought we’d take some guesses as to why. Washington Post article documenting the national phenomenon of police spurning the COVID-19 vaccine, the paper revealed that just 28 percent of the Columbus Division of Police had reported receiving at least one shot, among the lowest uptakes for any of the included major cities. (Only Phoenix, at 23 percent, clocked a lower vaccination rate.) The paper noted the potential dangers of this vaccine hesitancy, since police are often engaged in high-contact encounters, making officers potential vectors of spread to vulnerable populations during traffic stops, calls to homes and other similar interactions with the public.