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@fiesty76

@mayofeb2020, Your response didn't give reasons nurses gave for not taking the vaccine but it triggered something concerning that my daughter recently shared.

Her closest friend is part of a very large, family owned commercial/ personal laundry in Dallas. The friend shared that many hospital staff coming into the laundry have expressed misgivings about taking the vaccine, even though they've not had Covid themselves and although they are first listed. Their shared concern is that they feel that the ill and very elderly need the vaccine first.

My daughter and I were surprised at this because TX is a state with high Covid numbers and medical staffing throughout the state is reaching crisis status in many areas.

At 77 in my state, I am eligible for the vaccine but my ambivalence about the vaccine is that most in the over 65 yr age group are retired and can stay home to allow those crucially daily needed first responders the opportunity first. Without them, we'll all be out of luck!

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My thoughts on this, I am not a health care worker, but if the numbers of critically ill people would be reduced, their jobs would dramatically improve. Just because the people here can isolate, it doesn’t mean others in their household may be able to. I understand their thoughts. The numbers won’t come down with them getting the vaccine until the 65 and Oder population does too. Just my thoughts here.