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Hospital employees not required to get COVID vaccine
Health care employees at local hospitals are split on whether or not they want to get the COVID vaccine when it becomes available.
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Health care employees at local hospitals are split on whether or not they want to get the COVID vaccine when it becomes available.
WORRY. >> WE WILL TALK ABOUT THE WINTRY WEATHER ALSO. >>> HEALTHCARE WORKERS WILL BE SOME OF THE FIRST PEOPLE ALLOWED ACCESS TO A COVID VACCINE. HOWEVER, SOME SAY THEY DON'T WANT IT. WE'RE LIVE IN RALEIGH TO EXPLAIN. >> Reporter: WAKE MED DID A SURVEY TO GET A SENSE OF HOW PEOPLE FELT ABOUT A VACCINE. ONE THIRD OF THEIR EMPLOYEES SAID YES THEY WILL GET IT. ONE THIRD SAID ON THE FANS AND THE FINAL CERTAIN THIRD SAID NO. IT'S VERY SPLIT. WE SPOKE TO SOMEONE OVER AT UNC HELP TO HEAR WHY HE SAID HE WILL ABSOLUTELY BE VACCINATED. >> Reporter: THIS IS THE LEADER THAT CARES FOR PATIENTS WITH COVID 19. THIS DOCTOR WILL BE ONE OF THE FIRST TO HAVE ACCESS TO THE VACCINE. HE SAID HE WILL HAPPILY OBLIGE. >> THERE'S ALWAYS APPREHENSION FOR SOMETHING THAT'S NEW. WE'VE ALL BEEN THROUGH THIS. PEOPLE HAVE TO MAKE DECISIONS EVERY DAY ABOUT HEALTHCARE. DO I TAKE THIS CHEMO OR RADIATION OR DO I DO SURGERY? WE HAVE TO MAKE DECISIONS BASED ON THE KNOWLEDGE THAT WE HAVE. THE INFORMATION I HAVE RIGHT NOW, REASSERTION ME THE BEST DECISION IS TO TAKE THE VACCINE. >> Reporter: IS THE SAME DECISION THAT DR. WESLEY BURKS, THE CEO IS MAKING AS HE EXPLAINED IN THE VIDEO THAT WAS SENT OUT TO STAFF. >> I WILL BE VACCINATED FIRST COVID-19 AS SOON AS I'M ELIGIBLE. >> Reporter: IT WON'T BE REQUIRED BUT IT'S EASY TO TELL WHAT THE LEADER WANTS. >> Reporter: WITH ALL THE POTENTIAL RISKS AND BENEFITS, YOU WILL COME TO THE SAME CONCLUSION, WE ARE ALL SAFER IF WE ARE VACCINATED AGAINST THE VIRUS. >> YOU JUST HEARD FROM UNC. COMING UP AT 7:00, WE WILL HEAR FROM THE LEADERS AT WAKEMED ABOUT WHY THEY PLAN ON GETTING VACCINATED. IT'S IMPORTANT TO MENTION THAT AT UNC HELP AND WAKEMED ARE NOT REQUIRING THE VACCINE FOR STAFF