Just over a third of nursing home workers have received shots against COVID-19 when vaccinations are first offered.
Just over a third of nursing home workers received COVID-19 vaccines when gunfire was first offered, U.S. health officials said Monday.
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention have presented a national account of an anecdotally reported problem – many nursing home workers do not receive fires.
The CDC looked at more than 11,000 nursing homes and qualified nursing facilities that had at least one vaccination clinic between mid-December and mid-January. The researchers found that while 78% of residents received at least one blow, only 37.5% of staff members did so.
Data have previously shown that people working in nursing homes and long-term care institutions receive flu vaccines at lower rates than other health care workers. Surveys suggest that long-term care workers are skeptical about the shots and do not think the viruses spread easily from them to the people they care for.
The issue was discussed last week during a meeting of a group of experts advising the CDC on vaccination policy. At the meeting, CDC Dr. Amanda Cohn said more employees get vaccinated when a second or third clinic is run at home.
Continuing to capture staff who did not accept the vaccine early will be really important as we try to eliminate outbreaks and protect both staff and residents in long-term care units, Cohn said.
The government has commissioned CVS and Walgreens to manage the photos in long-term care homes in almost every state. Each vaccine requires two photos a few weeks apart, and CVS and Walgreens say they have closed first-dose clinics in nursing homes. The chains plan three visits to each location.
The CDC released a second report on Monday that offered a broader national look at vaccine recipients.
The CDC study found that of those who received at least one stroke between mid-December and mid-January, 63% were women and 55% were 50 years of age or older. He also found that 60% were white, 11.5% Hispanic, 6% Asian, 5% black, 2% Native American / Alaska Native, and most were multiracial.
The report echoed previously published data from states.
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