The Today host called a poll “which shows that about 18% of health workers in the country say they do not intend to be vaccinated … What does this say about our chances of achieving herd immunity and what is the threshold that we as a country have? to reach to keep us all safe? ”
“We do not really know what the number is,” said Dr. Fauci said. ‘You can make an estimate of what it is … it’s purely an estimate between 70 and 85% of the population vaccinated. I mean, there’s always some hesitation in vaccines in whatever group you have, one, health workers. This is disturbing. We must continue to reach out to them and try to convince them. First of all, without accusing them of trying to figure out what you’re all about? Is it because you feel that things have gone too fast, then you can explain that it is a reflection of the science that took place decades ago. Although it is time consuming, it seems to be fast. The fact is that a lot of effort has gone into it and science has looked at it, and whether it is safe and effective, it has been reasonably proven to be extremely effective. We must therefore continue to reach out to those people. ‘