Los Angeles hospital workers balk at taking Covid-19 vaccine, media say they kind of don’t ‘Agree’ with science and Trump is to blame – RT USA News

The Los Angeles Times reported the numbers, suggesting that hospital staff – whom the media hailed as selfless heroes of the pandemic – may not have been so “In tune with the scientific data” as public health officials might have expected. After highlighting the potential “catastrophic” implications of a surprisingly low vaccine acceptance among healthcare workers, the newspaper found a familiar culprit: the Trump administration.

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“It’s certainly disappointing, but it’s not shocking, given what the federal administration has done over the past 10 months,” Sal Rosselli, president of the National Union of Healthcare Workers, told The Times. “Trust the science. It’s about science, reality, and what’s right. “

Hospital and nursing home workers have been given top priority to receive the first doses of the two Covid-19 vaccines that have received emergency use authorization in the United States – both to protect the most people exposed to the virus and to sell the general public the safety of getting the shots. But in Los Angeles County, up to 40% of frontline workers have been hesitant to get the vaccine. The numbers were even worse in some other areas, including 50% in Riverside County, according to the Times.

Less than half of the eligible staff at St. Elizabeth’s Community Hospital in Tehama County have agreed to receive the vaccines. St. Elizabeth’s Red Bluff Community Hospital returned 200 of the 495 doses administered to it. A survey by the Kaiser Family Foundation found that 29% of healthcare workers “Hesitant vaccine”, surpassing the average of 27 percent of the general population.

Alarm bells have been sounded. The Times tasked five journalists, including former Pulitzer Prize finalist Jack Dolan, to explain what was wrong. Their efforts to discredit workers or blame the Trump administration have not been entirely successful.

“Our colleagues don’t drop dead – pure risk-benefit assessment by smart people”, a Twitter user said. “Why would they take a vax?” Another said that “Deaf media” is blind to the truth that hospital workers who refuse the vaccine are, in fact, the most in step with science. Yet another watcher asked, “Doesn’t that say something about how people who see the disease every day feel about the risk and severity of the disease?”

The Times quoted a 31-year-old nurse, April Lu, who made such a calculation. She said that because she was six months pregnant, she chose the known risks of being infected with Covid-19 over the unknown risks of being vaccinated.

Vaccine advocates have reacted angrily, with some arguing that hospital workers who refuse vaccines should be fired, or at least ultimately placed for treatment if they become infected with the virus. “I can’t believe this is happening” said an observer. “That must be a joke. How are people in the healthcare industry but ignore the science?

Author Alex Berenson said he was only shocked the Times reported on the reality. “Are all the publishers on vacation?” he joked.

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