On Monday there will be more nursing homes across the country starting to receive a vaccine against Covid-19, but the impact of the massive effort will depend in part on beating top workers like LaShundra Williams, who says they are skeptical of the shots.
Mrs. Williams, 40, is a certified nursing assistant at the St. Louis Veterans Home. James, a St. James, Mo., and says he is unlikely to agree to receive the shots, even though his son is currently ill with Covid. 19. Recently, she saw an online broadcast from geriatric nursing home doctors about the safety and benefits of vaccines, hoping to have peace of mind, but she came out unconvinced.
He is still concerned that a vaccine could make anemia worse and believes shots are being allowed for widespread use too quickly.
“It’s too new,” he said. “I’m just not comfortable.”
The federal long-term care vaccination program, led by CVS Health Corp. and Walgreens Boots Alliance Inc., will begin its widespread deployment in a dozen states this week, with hundreds of facilities planned for the visit. over the next few days. But polls have indicated that many troops are reluctant to receive the shots and that some have already reduced them to the limited number of facilities where vaccines have been administered.