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What The Study Did: This survey study of almost 11,000 health care workers (HCWs) from two academic hospitals found that, compared with white HCWs, vaccine hesitancy was increased nearly five-fold among Black HCWs, two-fold among Hispanic or Latino HCWs, and by nearly 50% among Asian HCWs and HCWs who were members of other racial/ethnic groups.
Authors: Florence M. Momplaisir M.D., M.S.H.P., of the Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania in Philadelphia, is the corresponding author.
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(doi:10.1001/jamanetworkopen.2021.21931)
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