Why some people still refuse to get a COVID shot
https://www.localmemphis.com/mobile/article/news/health/coronavirus/many-are-experiencing-vaccine-hesitancy-but-there-are-ways-you-can-persuade-them/289-7d9c5b54-69f3-4254-a8d6-67b60772ad69The survey finds the largest groups who don't want a vaccine are Evangelical Christians, people in rural areas and a little more than a quarter of Republicans.
NEW ORLEANS — As we see vaccine appointment times opening up and shorter lines at mass vaccine sites, we wanted to look into who is having concerns about getting a COVID shot and why.
The non-profit Kaiser Family Foundation, which focuses on national health issues and policy, has a brand new survey on vaccine hesitancy.
More at link.
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I asked him why and he said his daughter is a nurse at the hospital and she doesn't plan to be vaccinated and he gets his medical advice from her. 
Shame on nurse! 
If she's on the front lines, currently actively working at the hospital (where there are current active covid cases), how can she be a denier?? And we know that the elderly are especially at risk. 
Shameful, really!
But he left that behind long ago. I don't know the daughter, just that she often gets on his nerves, LOL. But he takes it for granted that, with her training, she knows more about medical issues than he does. 
I feel badly for him. At his age, especially... 
But he's far from stupid. I just can't imagine how anyone at all in this country could still ignore the devastating covid news we hear every day and the frightening numbers.
Self-sanctimonious religious jerks.
Was the first I knew to be vaccinated - as a front line worker. And she was very grateful to get it, drove an hour downstate to a major hospital to get the Pfizer vaccine. She may not work directly with covid patients, but at the hospital she could be exposed despite all her required PPE. I couldn't imagine anyone working at a hospital with patients wouldn't be mandated. They wouldn't just be in danger of getting the virus, but also of transmitting it to other patients and family members.
Somehow, their perceived "right" to not mask or vax is more important then others' right to life. Oh, the irony... 
If you expect to go anywhere, groceries, pharmacies, gas stations, banks, you must be wearing a mask to be allowed inside. And there are lines on floors indicating proper distancing and many stores and pharmacies have one way aisles.
And the situation is impossible to ignore even if you go nowhere, with Governor Cuomo's informational updates and there are now numerous vaccine sites right in this area - not only pharmacies, but a town site just opened at the local mall (former Sears store) and a county site is also available at a large health center.
And I just heard a promo on TV from a nurse's association on how they're advocating for better staffing. They're required to wear PPE and certainly should be required to be vaccinated! They're putting patients and everyone they encounter in danger otherwise.
Patients need to be warned if health care workers don't take their patients' health seriously.
Else I'd switch docs. Jmo.
They're the ones who deal with our most vulnerable populations - those who are likely to be already sick! 
And I'm hoping that my dentist's hygienist qualifies by now. My dentist was fully vaccinated a long time ago as a front line worker, but her hygienist who certainly gets closer than most doctors, wasn't qualified yet - especially since she's under 30! They have always worn masks and gowns, even before this pandemic, but the last time I saw my dentist she was telling me about how many people who were infected that she's known!
Scary stuff! Wonder why hygenist isn't considered front line & eligible? 
So I'm sure hoping that she's been able to do it by now. I got my second shot on Sunday and I don't get that close to anyone! 
My idea of soc distancig is MINIMUM 27' to comply with MIT researcher who studied droplets. 6' my ass! 
I found myself following some guy pushing a shopping cart who was wearing a shirt commemorating that Sturgis, South Dakota, motorcycle rally, one of the worst super spreader events ever! I immediately put as much distance from him as I could! You never know who'll you run across, no distance was far enough from him!
Glad you stayed away from that!
Wouldn't it be great if virus could discern & attack arrogant maskholes only?
Would someone PLEASE rapture them all and get them out of here. It won't be heaven they are going to. 
Likely a special circle of inferno for those shitbags!
Esp in this context.
What is it with these morons leaving nose exposed?
Seriously... Are noses now like a facial phallic symbol?
Being the overwhelming desire to smack the ever loving shit out of someone who is very deserving?
For me, it has become the desire to rip their masks off, tie a knot in elastic ear loops, replace mask & ask them if they "got it."
Great idea! Of course they wpuld do it!
I actually know of a girl who is now getting the shot because Krispy Kreme is giving out free donuts for the rest of the year when you present your card. 
The bible doesn't discuss dinosaurs either... ever tell a freak that? It's fun to watch them squirm.
Good ones!
This dude can be found at the Creation Museum in Petersburg, KY: https://creationmuseum.org/.
You and/or your child can sit on this critter for a photo op. They also have exhibits showing people and dinosaurs living together. They actually have quite a bit of dinosaur stuff, according to their (completely insane) website.
I believe the working theory is that the dinosaurs were created at the same tme as all the other animals, but they died in the Flood. Or something like that. I'm not up on all the details.
Guessing the 3/4 of qpukes who said they are not anti-vax just couldn't bring themselves to tell the truth.
