March 3, 2021

Recent Changes in COVID-19 Vaccine Hesitancy among Healthcare Workers

Category: Article Summary

Topic: Vaccines and Immunity

Keywords (Tags): health care workers, vaccination, vaccination refusal

• [Pre-print, not peer-reviewed] The willingness of United States Healthcare workers (HCW) to receive an emergency use authorization (EUA)-approved COVID-19 vaccine increased substantially from October, 2020 to December, 2020, according to data from the Healthcare Worker Exposure Response and Outcomes (HERO) Registry. The largest gain in vaccine willingness was observed among physicians, 91% of whom said they would take a vaccine in December, compared to 64% in October. Nurses were the least likely to report that they would take a vaccine, with 67% reporting they would take a vaccine in December (an increase from 47 in October). Overall, 76% of HCW said that they would take a COVID-19 vaccine, an increase from 54% in October. 

O’Brien et al. (Mar 3, 2021). Recent Changes in COVID-19 Vaccine Hesitancy among Healthcare Workers. Pre-print downloaded Mar 3 from https://doi.org/10.1101/2021.03.01.21252457