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MICHEL MARTIN, HOST: While demand for the coronavirus vaccines remains high, you might be surprised to learn that there s one priority group that s been hesitant to get the shots. We re talking about nursing home workers. And that s a big deal because long-term care facilities have been devastated by the pandemic. Residents of these facilities account for more than one-third of all coronavirus deaths in the United States. That s according to data from The Atlantic s COVID Tracking Project. But despite being a priority group, a number of states and localities report that workers at long-term care facilities are declining the vaccines in large numbers. And they say that s due to misinformation and distrust of the health care system. ....
While many of our most vulnerable community members live in nursing homes, a startling number of workers in those facilities have decided against taking the coronavirus vaccine, according to officials. ....
Many D.C.-area nursing home workers are declining vaccines Rachel Chason, Rebecca Tan, Jenna Portnoy and Erin Cox, The Washington Post Jan. 27, 2021 FacebookTwitterEmail WASHINGTON - A large percentage of nursing home workers in the District of Columbia, Maryland and Virginia have declined to take the coronavirus vaccine, officials say, presenting a major challenge in the region s plans to protect its most vulnerable residents. Nursing home workers were first offered the vaccine in late December and early January, along with residents of long-term care facilities and other health-care workers. Their wariness, providers and union representatives say, is fueled by online misinformation about the vaccine and historical mistrust of the medical system of which they are a part. ....