One-Third of Doctors, Half of Nurses in Canada Reluctant to Take COVID Vaccines: Government Survey

One-third of doctors and over half of nurses were reluctant to take the COVID-19 vaccine because they feared potential side effects, according to in-house research by the Public Health Agency of Canada (PHAC). “Fifty-nine percent of health-care workers reported some degree of hesitancy in their decision to get vaccinated,” said the report, which added that 31 percent of doctors and 54 percent of nurses surveyed admitted “some level of hesitancy.” According to the report obtained by Blacklock’s Reporter, one health-care worker questioned during the survey said of the vaccines “You had to get them to keep your job.” Another said the vaccines were “developed in a matter of a couple of months that’s being handed out like candy.” A third worker said, “I have a family and a mortgage. I was like, what would I be able to do to make the same amount of money and provide for my family?”...