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I ask every single patient, “are you planning to vaccinate when you can?”
I’ve made some progress in hearing (and directly addressing) pt concerns & fears.
I tell them I’m recommending
for my family, my parents. https://twitter.com/mcgrathew33/status/1340360715366932480
I ask every single patient, “are you planning to vaccinate when you can?”
I’ve made some progress in hearing (and directly addressing) pt concerns & fears.
I tell them I’m recommending
for my family, my parents. https://twitter.com/mcgrathew33/status/1340360715366932480
I explain relative risk & benefit by admitting yes, there is a v small inherent risk in getting a .
Then I emphasize there is also a non-zero risk in NOT getting.
“There is a risk either way, so your job is to look at the data & determine which is more acceptable...”
.Then I emphasize there is also a non-zero risk in NOT getting
.“There is a risk either way, so your job is to look at the data & determine which is more acceptable...”
Sometimes we talk about how “rushed” it is.
That gives me a chance to explain general similarity among vaccines, the way this research really began with original SARS virus a decade ago, and huge test group sizes + high rate of disease spread.
That gives me a chance to explain general similarity among vaccines, the way this
research really began with original SARS virus a decade ago, and huge test group sizes + high rate of disease spread.
We talk about risk of side effects vs risk of long term complications from COVID.
We talk about the value of knowing you did everything you can to prevent spread so you don’t have to live with guilt of someone else’s death.
We talk about the value of knowing you did everything you can to prevent spread so you don’t have to live with guilt of someone else’s death.
Many are only aware of frank mortality rate and feel it’s unlikely they’ll die from this disease. We talk about non-lethal effects of COVID-19.
We talk about finite hospital resources and how—even if they never get personally get COVID—they stand to benefit from a hospital that has available beds.
The only answer that stops me in my tracks is, “no—we know the side effects aren’t that big a deal. But we’d rather not take any unnecessary risk. So we’ll sit it out and be safe when enough other people get it. Heard immunity, right?”
For these folks, I honestly don’t know how to help. I don’t feel there’s anything I can say to change their minds. I’m very open to suggestions.
My mission is to have the most vaccinated panel of patients this side the Mississippi.
My mission is to have the most vaccinated panel of patients this side the Mississippi.
