Local health leaders weigh in on frontline workers opting out of COVID-19 vaccine
We are asking local hospital groups how many of their frontline workers are taking the vaccine.
Steve King
STEVE: WE'VE REACHED OUT TO HOSPITALS AND HOSPITAL GROUPS ACROSS ARE AREA TO FIND OUT HOW MANY FRONTLINE WORKERS ARE CHOOSING TO NOT TAKE THE VACCINE. SO FAR, WE HAVEN'T BEEN TOLD ANY PERCENTAGES OR NUMBERS O HEALTHCARE WORKERS OPTING OUT. RECENTLY, WE HEARD FROM THE PRESIDENT OF MEMORIAL HEALTHCARE SYSTEM IN BROWARD COUNTY, WHO SAID ABOUT 50% OF THOSE EMPLOYEES WILL GET VACCINATED. HERE'S WHAT THE CEO OF MULTIP HOSPITAL GROUPS ON THE TREASURE COAST AND THE ST. LUCIE COUNTY HEALTH DEPARTMENT ADMINISTRATOR SAID WHEN ASKED FOR THEIR RESPONSES TO ANY FRONTLINE WORKERS OPTING OUT OF THE -- OPTING OUT. >> STATISTICALLY SPEAKING, LIKE THE GENERAL PUBLIC, THERE ARE A PERCENTAGE OF HEALTHCARE WORKERS WHO ARE DECLINING TO TAKE IT AT THIS TIME. WE ARE ENCOURAGING ALL OF OUR MEDICAL PROVIDERS AS WELL AS T MEDICAL STAFF IN THE COMMUNITY TO TAKE PART IN THE VACCINATION. >> IT IS AN EFFECTIVE VACCINE. IT WORKS VERY WELL, AND THIS IS THE ONE WAY THAT WE WILL STOP THE VIRUS FROM SPREADING STEVE: CDC LEADERS SAY IF YOU HAVE AN IMMEDIATE ALLERGIC REACTION TO A VACCINE FO ANOTHER DISEASE, YOU SHOULD ASK YOUR DOCTOR IF YOU SHOULD GET THE COVID VACCIN EXPERTS REMIND EVERYONE THE VACCINES
Local health leaders are responding to questions about some frontline workers choosing not to receive the COVID-19 vaccine.Health leaders on the Treasure Coast responded to these inquiries during a news conference in Stuart on Saturday:Treasure Coast Primary Care CEO Robert Gluckman was asked if any healthcare workers were opting out of taking the vaccine during the news conference."Statistically speaking, like the general public, there are a percentage of healthcare workers who are declining to take it at this time," said Gluckman. "We are encouraging all of our medical providers as well as the medical staff in the community to take part in the vaccination.""For the most part we have been very successful through the hospitals with both Lawnwood Regional Medical Center, St. Lucie Medical Center and Cleveland Clinic, as far as people who are taking the vaccine," said Clint Sperber, the administrator of the Florida Department of Health in St. Lucie County. "It is something that we are pushing out throughout the state and throughout St. Lucie County as a larger marketing campaign to discuss the myths about the vaccine. "What we can tell you is with Moderna, it's over 94% effective, with Pfizer, it's 95% effective. From a vaccine perspective, that's unheard of. It works. It works very well. "It is an effective vaccine. It works very well and this is the one way that we will stop the virus from spreading."The president of Memorial Healthcare System in Broward County said in December that hospital group leaders expected 50% of their workers to be vaccinated.WPBF 25 News has reached out to other hospital and hospital group leaders across the Palm Beaches and Treasure Coast to see how many of their healthcare workers are opting out of the vaccine, and what their response is to that decision. Click here for information from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention regarding the COVID-19 vaccine.
, Fla. —
Local health leaders are responding to questions about some frontline workers choosing not to receive the COVID-19 vaccine.
Health leaders on the Treasure Coast responded to these inquiries during a news conference in Stuart on Saturday:
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Treasure Coast Primary Care CEO Robert Gluckman was asked if any healthcare workers were opting out of taking the vaccine during the news conference.
"Statistically speaking, like the general public, there are a percentage of healthcare workers who are declining to take it at this time," said Gluckman. "We are encouraging all of our medical providers as well as the medical staff in the community to take part in the vaccination."
"For the most part we have been very successful through the hospitals with both Lawnwood Regional Medical Center, St. Lucie Medical Center and Cleveland Clinic, as far as people who are taking the vaccine," said Clint Sperber, the administrator of the Florida Department of Health in St. Lucie County. "It is something that we are pushing out throughout the state and throughout St. Lucie County as a larger marketing campaign to discuss the myths about the vaccine.
"What we can tell you is with Moderna, it's over 94% effective, with Pfizer, it's 95% effective. From a vaccine perspective, that's unheard of. It works. It works very well.
"It is an effective vaccine. It works very well and this is the one way that we will stop the virus from spreading."
The president of Memorial Healthcare System in Broward County said in December that hospital group leaders expected 50% of their workers to be vaccinated.
WPBF 25 News has reached out to other hospital and hospital group leaders across the Palm Beaches and Treasure Coast to see how many of their healthcare workers are opting out of the vaccine, and what their response is to that decision.
Click here for information from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention regarding the COVID-19 vaccine.