THREAD: The nation’s biggest immunization rollout in history is facing pushback from an unlikely source: health care workers who witnessed COVID-19′s devastation firsthand but are refusing shots in surprising numbers.http://apne.ws/No3vD8I
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“It’s far too low. It’s alarmingly low.” - Neil Pruitt, CEO of PruittHealth, a nursing home chain in the South where only 3 in 10 of workers offered the vaccine so far have agreed to take it.
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The pushback comes amid the most lethal phase in the outbreak yet and it could hinder the government’s effort to vaccinate somewhere between 70% and 85% of the U.S. population to achieve “herd immunity." FULL COVERAGE: http://apne.ws/aVjFCCL http://apne.ws/V9PiY9E
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If they don’t want it, I’ll take it. These potential life saving vaccines can’t be allowed to go to waste.
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You mean like corporate bailouts and unnecessary tax breaks, those group priorities?
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Simple. Get the shot or you are fired. Health care workers cant work with patients unless they are vaccinated.
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When I worked in healthcare, getting the Hepatitis B vaccine (or proof of seroconversion via facility administered lab test) was a condition of employment. Same should be applied to the Covid vaccine.
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No. Your body is your own, NOT your employer's.
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A car raffle to get vaccinated? For real? I'm looking forward to getting the vaccine.
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You could give me $10,000 and I wouldn’t even consider it
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