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Some Texas Caregivers Don't Want Vaccine

      “I don’t know what’s going to happen to me. Health care is all I’ve known,” said the 33-year-old, who asked to remain anonymous because she fears backlash from people who know her and because she hasn’t told the older man she cares for that she will probably have to stop caring for him.


      Like other home health agencies across the state, the women’s employers at Encore Caregivers in Houston are trying to navigate a growing dilemma: Their clients want home-based caregivers to be vaccinated against COVID-19, but they fear that they soon won’t have enough workers who are vaccinated to meet the demand. ....

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Older and disabled Texans are demanding their home caregivers be vaccinated for COVID-19. But many workers don't want it.

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Houston health care worker Rachel Fuentes says she will wait to get the vaccine “as long as I can push it off.”

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Many home caregivers won't take vaccine, creating dilemma

Older and disabled Texans are demanding home caregivers be vaccinated for COVID-19. But many workers don’t want it. ....

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