{"id":17639,"date":"2021-02-09T08:34:54","date_gmt":"2021-02-09T13:34:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/?p=17639"},"modified":"2021-02-09T08:34:54","modified_gmt":"2021-02-09T13:34:54","slug":"vaccine-hesitancy-vs-vaccine-refusal-nursing-home-staffers-say-theres-a-difference","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/?p=17639","title":{"rendered":"Vaccine Hesitancy vs. Vaccine Refusal: Nursing Home Staffers Say There\u2019s a Difference"},"content":{"rendered":"

(By\u00a0Aneri Pattani for Kaiser Health News)<\/p>\n

CONCORD, N.C. \u2014 It had been months since Tremellia Hobbs had an excuse to bring out the pompoms. Before the pandemic, they were a crowd favorite at movie nights and bingo tournaments that Hobbs organized as activities director at the Brian Center Health & Retirement\/Cabarrus nursing home.<\/p>\n

On Jan. 14, she finally had a reason. After nearly a year of living with pandemic restrictions and a summer outbreak that killed 10 residents and infected 30 staff members, the nursing home was hosting its first covid-19 vaccine clinic.\u00a0 Continue reading the article here…<\/a><\/p>\n

Kaiser Health News is a nonprofit national health policy news service that is part of the nonpartisan Henry J. Kaiser Family Foundation<\/p>\n

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