One-Third of Doctors, Half of Nurses in Canada Were Reluctant to Take COVID Vaccines
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?”
The research found that despite many health workers being reluctant, 89 percent received the vaccines, with the most commonly reported reason being a fear of job loss.
According to the federal government’s Health Infobase, 80.4 percent of people across Canada, or around 24.3 million people, completed their primary series of COVID-19 vaccines by November 2022, based on data as of Nov. 6 that year.
While health-care workers “generally expressed strong support for vaccination in general,” when it came to COVID-19 vaccines specifically, they had lower perceptions around safety and effectiveness. Those lower perceptions were found particularly among nurses and “allied health workers” (ALHWs), the latter being workers such as medical laboratory technologists, dental hygienists, paramedics, respiratory therapists, and dentists.The survey categorized health-care workers into five distinct groups based on their attitudes toward the COVID-19 shots: vaccine confidents (44.4 percent), vaccine supporters (15.8 percent), vaccine hesitants (7.4 percent), unvaccinated respondents (8 percent), and a reluctantly vaccinated group called mandate-driven vaccinees (21.1 percent).Concerns Over Side Effects Common
Among the 8 percent who were unvaccinated for COVID-19, the most common reasons were concerns about long-term side effects (87 percent), concerns about the safety of mRNA COVID-19 vaccines (85 percent), concerns about the effectiveness of the vaccines (79 percent), and rejection of being mandated to get vaccinated (72 percent).
Other reasons for refusing COVID-19 vaccination included concerns about short-term side effects (65 percent), lack of confidence in Canada’s regulatory and informational systems for immunization (64 percent), concerns about the frequency of injections and vaccine schedules (53 percent), perception that the risk posed by the disease was being exaggerated (52 percent), and religious or spiritual reasons (45 percent).
Among the vaccine hesitants, “The prospect of losing their employment played a role in their decision to get vaccinated or not,” said the survey. “They expressed initial concern toward the COVID-19 vaccine primary series, related to the speed of the COVID-19 vaccine development and the potential for side effects.”
When asked why those who were vaccinated took the COVID-19 vaccines, 53 percent replied, “It was required to maintain my job.” Researchers found that concerns around the safety and effectiveness of COVID-19 vaccines were “among the largest factors contributing to vaccine hesitancy.”
https://www.theepochtimes.com/world/one-third-of-doctors-half-of-nurses-in-canada-reluctant-to-take-covid-vaccines-government-survey-5590179
Berta Dad nailed it. Copied from FB.
Jeff Rath’s behaviour toward Danielle Smith is not a good look for this movement, and he does not speak for me.
When this started, I had respect for him. But as this has played out, it has become harder to ignore what appears to be a push for power inside the movement, not a sincere focus on Alberta independence.
Danielle Smith is a major reason Albertans were even able to collect signatures in the first place. Compared to any other premier in this country, I believe she has been the strongest one standing up for her province.
I will not forget her accomplishments.
She stood up for parental rights when others wanted schools keeping parents in the dark.
She took action against political ideology being pushed in classrooms.
She made sure kids got back to school when the system tried to hold families hostage.
She has strengthened Alberta Sheriffs and continued exploring ways to free Alberta from relying on the RCMP.
And that is only part of it.
This ...
WEF/UN/Globalists have proven they can’t be trusted now given the key to Canada. Are you awake yet Canadians??
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Listening to Ganum today on the meeting that Premier Smith is having with Lukasek I am wondering why not just have his referendum on the vote in October? If enough say no to his question isn't it the same as a referendum that the other side wants? I for one want this to wake up the East and don't care how it happens. Another caller said she needs to call an provincial election in October and take the rest of questions off the ballot - this could be risky but I am leaning toward it as terrified that the NDP will get in again and right now Nemshi is their handicap IMHO.
