{"id":48615,"date":"2020-12-05T21:46:08","date_gmt":"2020-12-06T02:46:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/medicine\/?p=48615"},"modified":"2023-06-06T18:04:13","modified_gmt":"2023-06-06T22:04:13","slug":"local-health-care-workers-split-on-getting-covid-vaccine","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/medicine\/news\/local-health-care-workers-split-on-getting-covid-vaccine\/","title":{"rendered":"Local Health Care Workers Split On Getting COVID Vaccine"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_37725\" class=\"thumbnail wp-caption alignright\" style=\"width: 300px\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-37725\" src=\"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/medicine\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/945\/2016\/01\/Me-head-shot.jpg\" alt=\"David Wohl, MD\" width=\"290\" height=\"290\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/medicine\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/945\/2016\/01\/Me-head-shot.jpg 290w, https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/medicine\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/945\/2016\/01\/Me-head-shot-150x150.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 290px) 100vw, 290px\" \/><figcaption class=\"caption wp-caption-text\">David Wohl, MD<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Although health care workers are slated to be first to have access to the COVID-19 vaccine, the employees at local hospitals are split when it comes to enthusiasm for getting vaccinated. WRAL interviewed <a href=\"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/medicine\/directory\/david-wohl-md\/\">David Wohl<\/a>, MD, professor of medicine in the division of infectious diseases, who will be one of the first to have access\u00a0to get the vaccine. He said he\u2019ll happily oblige.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;There\u2019s always some apprehension where there\u2019s something that is newer,&#8221; he said in the report and\u00a0offered a reminder that people make decisions like this every day \u2013 such as &#8220;Do I take this chemo?&#8221; or &#8220;Do I have this surgery?&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Wesley Burks, MD, UNC Health CEO, was also interviewed.<\/p>\n<p>Read the story <a href=\"https:\/\/www.wral.com\/coronavirus\/local-health-care-workers-split-on-getting-covid-vaccine\/19414657\/\">here<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Although health care workers are slated to be first to have access to the COVID-19 vaccine, the employees at local hospitals are split when it comes to enthusiasm for getting vaccinated. 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