- Ohio Governor Mike DeWine said that 60% of nursing home staff there don’t want to get a COVID-19 vaccine.
- “We aren’t going to make them, but we wish they had a higher compliance,” said DeWine at a press conference.
- According to the Covid Tracking Project, 38% of all COVID-19 deaths in the US have been nursing home residents.
- In Ohio, staff and residents of nursing homes are getting top priority for vaccines.
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Ohio Governor Mike DeWine on Wednesday expressed concern that too few frontline healthcare staff were getting vaccinated against COVID-19, and said that 60% of nursing home staff chose not to get the shot.
“We aren’t going to make them, but we wish they had a higher compliance, DeWine said at a press conference Wednesday, according to The Columbus Dispatch.
“Our message today is the train may not be coming back for a while.”
DeWine said he wanted to instill a “sense of urgency” among those eligible for the shot.
“I’m not satisfied with where we are in Ohio,” he said. “We’re not moving fast enough, but we’re going to get there.”
DeWine did not say w