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A significant number of healthcare workers in US hospitals and nursing homes are turning down coronavirus vaccines due to unfounded side-effect fears.

Despite having intimate knowledge of the pain and death caused by the coronavirus, a surprising number of US healthcare workers are refusing to get a COVID-19 vaccine jzitser@businessinsider.com (Joshua Zitser) © Provided by Business Insider A dentist receives the Moderna COVID-19 vaccine in Anaheim on January 8, 2020. mark Rightmire/Getty Images A large number of healthcare workers in US nursing homes and hospitals are refusing to get vaccinated against COVID-19. As much as 80% are turning down a shot in some institutions, according to AP. In a number of states, officials ...

The Associated Press The desperately awaited vaccination drive against the coronavirus in the U.S. is running into resistance from an unlikely quarter: Surprising numbers of health care workers who have seen firsthand the smisery inflicted by COVID-19 are refusing shots. It is happening in nursing homes and, to a lesser degree, in hospitals, with employees expressing what experts say are unfounded fears of side effects from vaccines that were developed at record speed. More than three weeks into the campaign, some places are seeing as much as 80% of the staff holding back. “I don’t think ...

The desperately awaited vaccination drive against the coronavirus in the U.S. is running into resistance from an unlikely quart

Jan 9, 2021 Officials working to get the COVID-19 vaccine to those who need it most have run into an unfathomable problem. Health care workers are buying into the nonsense that the vaccine might not be safe, and are refusing the shot. Not all of them are so bull-headed, of course. Many are doing the right thing and getting the shots so they are safe AND they are doing their part to keep their patients safe. All of those health care workers and first responders who have done the right thing are to be commended. They know that by accepting the inoculation, they are taking the first step towar...