New CDC report reveals COVID-19 vaccination rates among healthcare workers have plummeted to an all time low, with staff citing safety and efficacy concerns
A new CDC report published on October 31, 2024, has documented an all-time low in COVID-19 vaccine uptake among healthcare workers across the United States during the 2023–2024 respiratory virus season. This decline in vaccination coverage, highlighted in the CDC's Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report, reflects a broader trend of vaccine hesitancy among healthcare staff, particularly in nursing homes and acute care hospitals, as COVID-19 vaccination rates continue to drop.
The CDC’s data shows that only 15.3% of healthcare workers in acute care hospitals and 10.5% of those in nursing homes received the updated 2023–2024 COVID-19 vaccine during the study period, which ran from October 1, 2023, to March 31, 2024. These rates are markedly lower than the previous year’s coverage, which was 17.8% in hospitals and 22.8% in nursing homes.
Vaccination rates varied by staff category within both hospitals and nursing homes. In acute care hospitals, employees reported a vaccination rate of 15.9%, licensed independent practitioners had a rate of 12.7%, and volunteers or trainees recorded 14.5% coverage. Nursing homes showed a similar spread, with licensed independent practitioners reporting the highest rate at 18.8%, compared to 10.0% for employees and 16.1% for trainees and volunteers.
One reason for the decline in COVID-19 vaccination is the lifting of federal mandates. In June 2023, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services ended its requirement for healthcare workers to be vaccinated against COVID-19.
The report also explored vaccine hesitancy, noting that many healthcare workers express reservations about the COVID-19 vaccine's effectiveness and safety. Recent surveys cited in the report by the CDC indicate that, while healthcare workers acknowledge the risks posed by COVID-19, they are often hesitant to get vaccinated or recommend vaccination to patients.
You can read the report at the link below.
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Vaccine hesitency? More like vaccine awareness to choose one of their favourite ugly words. The Association of Ontario Nurses won a major lawsuit against a Toronto Hospital for forcing masks and mandating flu shots. The masks made them sicker and they won their case in court. A precedent was set and the the medical community still shoved them up everyone's asses. They are lucky they are not in jail at the moment. It's obvious when viewing from the outside their malious treatment of human rights there was no pandemic. Just democide and no opposing arguments were allowed.