Healthcare Workers May Receive COVID Vaccine

According to Misbar’s investigation, there are mixed opinions about the willingness of doctors and other healthcare workers to get vaccinated. For example, in one study of healthcare workers in Los Angeles, more than 66 percent of over 600 participants said they would be delaying or refusing the vaccine. 

However, according to a Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) survey reported by NPR, 63 percent of healthcare workers polled in recent months said they would get a COVID-19 vaccine. Even though the majority was willing, some still expressed concern: “I'm really hesitant about it,” said Kida Thompson, a family physician in El Paso, Texas. "For the ones of us who are asking questions, there's just a lot of questions," she said. According to Dr. Marci Drees, hospital epidemiologist for ChristianaCare and a liaison to the CDC's federal vaccine advisory committee, "It's a minority of people that are saying absolutely no way [to getting a COVID-19 vaccine]. I think the majority of people really just want to know more."

In a survey of workers at a hospital in Raleigh, North Carolina it was reported that only a third of the healthcare workers were interested in getting the vaccine, while one-third said they need more information before making a decision, and one-third said they will not get the vaccine. 

Based on the variable survey results and the constantly evolving information about the Covid-19 vaccine, it is probably too early to say whether the majority of healthcare workers will refuse the vaccine or not.