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The surprising group skeptical of coronavirus vaccines

By Sally Pipes
Published February 5, 2021 12:00pm ET
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The surprising group skeptical of coronavirus vaccines
A health care worker, gives a coronavirus vaccine to a patient at a COVID-19 vaccination site at the Aqueduct Race Track, Thursday, Jan. 21, 2021, in the Queens borough of New York. New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio said Tuesday, Jan. 21, that the city will run out of first doses of COVID-19 vaccine sometime Thursday without fresh supplies. | (AP Photo/Mary Altaffer)

This week, the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention released alarming data on COVID-19 vaccine uptake among some healthcare workers.

Fewer than 40% of staffers across 11,400 skilled nursing facilities chose to get the vaccine in December and January.

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