Why Healthcare Workers Refuse the Vaccine
Prognosis: Misconception
Bloomberg
4.1 • 838 Ratings
🗓️ 13 January 2021
⏱️ 16 minutes
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Summary
Most states have prioritized health-care workers in their vaccination programs. But across the country, vaccine providers are finding that some of those workers don’t want the shot. Nurses and firefighters are among those questioning its safety after approval in record time. Elise Young reports that reluctance to get the shot that could end the pandemic goes well beyond anti-vax activists who spout unproven theories on social media.
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| 0:32.3 | Welcome to Prognosis. |
| 0:34.5 | I'm Laura Carlson. |
| 0:36.0 | It's day 305 since coronavirus was declared a global pandemic. |
| 0:42.2 | Today's main story, health care workers are among the first prioritized to receive a vaccine, |
| 0:49.3 | but some are refusing to get inoculated. |
| 0:53.4 | We look at why vaccine reluctance extends even to those in the medical profession. |
| 1:00.5 | But first, here's what happened in virus news today. The U.S. will require proof of a negative COVID-19 test before allowing visitors to fly into the country from other nations. |
| 1:24.8 | That's in an effort to help airlines regain at least some of their most |
| 1:29.4 | lucrative international travel. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention on Tuesday |
| 1:35.5 | said it approved the new anti-pandemic measure that will take effect on January 26th. It requires |
| 1:43.4 | travelers to receive a test within three days before leaving for the |
| 1:47.1 | U.S. and provide written documentation of a negative result. Japan extended its state of emergency |
| 1:55.3 | beyond the Tokyo region, encompassing an area that accounts for more than half of its economy. |
| 2:02.1 | It's one of several countries where the virus has made a comeback in winter months. |
| 2:07.7 | Tokyo cases hit a record last Thursday. |
| 2:11.6 | The situation has revived questions about whether it's safe to hold even a limited version of the postponed Olympics in less than 200 days. |
| 2:24.2 | Finally, Sweden is tightening the screws after taking arguably the world's softest approach to handling the coronavirus pandemic. |
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