And there is evidence they have been infecting their patients, the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention-led team reported.They used data from 300 long-term care facilities across the US. While 75% of physicians working at these facilities had been vaccinated by March of this year, just 46% of aides had been.Covid-19 exposed the devastating consequences of staff shortages in nursing homes.
"These findings suggest that vaccination promotion and outreach efforts focused on socially vulnerable and marginalized groups and communities could help address inequities," the team wrote.It's possible more workers have been vaccinated since March, the team noted. But such facilities also have high turnover in staffing.Flu vaccine campaigns have shown that vaccine requirements may be the best way to get the most employees immunized, the team said.
Jeezus effing krispy cream!!! WTF!!!!
I am a pharmacist who was part of a team who went into nursing homes and vaccinated both residents and staff for 3.5 months. Almost all the residents were fully vaccinated. However a large majority of the staff turned down the vaccine.
Of course the ill patients are catching it from staff! We the family members aren't allowed in to see them. We haven't been able to visit my mother in her room since March of 2020 in New Jersey. She still caught Covid later last year. Where else would she have got it from?
Those patients are vaccinated though right?
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