They are frontline workers with top-priority access to the COVID-19 vaccine, but they are refusing to take it. Roughly 20% to 40% of L.A. County’s frontline workers who were offered the vaccine did the same, according to county public health officials. A recent survey by the Kaiser Family Foundation found that 29% of healthcare workers were “vaccine hesitant,” a figure slightly higher than the percentage of the general population, 27%. “It’s certainly disappointing,” said Sal Rosselli, the president of the National Union of Healthcare Workers. AdvertisementIn online forums, some healthcare workers throughout the country have expressed frustration over going first — a status some have associated with experimentation.

Source: Los Angeles Times December 31, 2020 13:02 UTC