The medical profession should stop putting all blame for vaccine hesitancy on a misinformed public, and instead should examine its own contributions to vaccine hesitancy. I am double vaccinated. There are a number of topics that illustrate the unhelpful attitudes and unscientific statements of doctors and public health officials during the pandemic. These are reviewed below. ... Ivermectin for COVID-19 has been attacked aggressively in the courts, the media and the medical literature as being ineffective.

June 28, 2024 - A paper published last July by ... cent of black African backgrounds expressed hesitancy to vaccination compared to just 21 per cent of those from white British backgrounds....

2 weeks ago - It’s not too late to get vaccinated against COVID-19. Cases tend to ramp up as winter progresses. Only 7 percent of kids and 15 percent of adults have gotten the 2025-2026 shot so far in the United States, a decrease from previous years.

3 weeks ago - A prediction from then-President Joe Biden and his top medical advisors that never materialized. Vaccine passports were necessary to stop the virus from spreading in major cities. Vaccine mandates were necessary for the "safety" of corporations, businesses and employees. On and on it went. It's been almost exactly five years since COVID vaccines hit the market, and thanks to a new administration, the efforts to push COVID vaccines on everyone have diminished.

Consistent messaging from state, local and federal public health officials has helped (alongside the tightening of laws that had previously allowed wide ranging exemptions from child vaccines in some states), as has the medical community's efforts to communicate the benefits of vaccines. Yet trust in the medical profession has declined over the past fifty years, such that in 2014 only 38% of respondents to the General Social Survey reported having high levels of confidence in medicine, down from over 60% in 1975, albeit still higher than confidence in other US institutions such as Congress, organized religion, or banks (Zheng, 2015; N.O.R.C, 2015).

5 days ago - This page provides an update on COVID-19, flu, and RSV vaccination among children and adults based on weekly national surveys.

3 weeks ago - Bondi’s announcement marked a striking reversal of how the federal government handled the prosecution of COVID-19-related fraud under President Joe Biden. It has since emboldened other medical professionals who were similarly charged to consider seeking reexaminations of their cases. And it signaled the increasing clout of doctors and politicians who champion what they call “medical freedom,” which rejects modern public health interventions such as vaccine requirements in favor of individual choice.

December 16, 2020 - Seventy-six percent of the vaccine-hesitant healthcare workers cited the “fast-tracked vaccine development” as a primary reason for their concerns. Typically, vaccines take between eight to 10 years to develop, Dr.

Most articles (81.9%) argued for ... for treatment refusal (13.3%). The most common reasons given for an obligation to treat were professionalism (55.5%), the social contract (45.3%), and the law (20.3%)....

At least one hospital had to pause maternity services after dozens of staffers quit rather than get the COVID-19 vaccine. Nurses and other staff are also quitting their jobs due to burnout, COVID-19 safety concerns, and other reasons. However, according to John Brownstein, an Epidemiologist and Professor at Harvard Medical School, “while overall the number of health care workers being terminated or suspended [for refusing to get vaccinated] is not huge, at the same time we cannot afford to lose anybody at this point.”

The research also revealed how COVID-19 vaccines have been politicized: holding trust in officials and other factors constant, Republicans and Independents were far less likely to ultimately choose to be vaccinated or seek booster shots than Democrats. The researchers conclude that engaging the medical profession in communicating the benefits of vaccines will be needed in future pandemics.

By providing critical care to those who are or might be infected with the virus, health professionals have a high risk of being exposed to and getting sick with COVID-19. Early vaccine access is critical to ensuring the health and safety of this essential workforce, protecting not only them but also their patients, families, communities, and the broader health of countries.

May 17, 2022 - Healthcare professionals and public health authorities have a central role in discussing vaccination against COVID-19 with their patients. Vaccines play a critical role in preventing deaths, hospitalisation caused by infectious diseases. Emerging data on effectiveness indicates that licenced ...

October 1, 2024 - The results found a high percentage of COVID-19 vaccination ranging from 13.1% (95% CI, 6.9%–20.9%) to 46% (95% CI, 0.38%–0.54%), while the percentage of acceptance varied from 46% (95% CI, 37%–54%) to 83.0% (95% CI, 71%–96%) among medical ...

November 20, 2025 - Nearly one quarter of the physicians in the country are international medical graduates, according a 2023 report by the American Association of Medical Colleges. In her new book, “The Care of Foreigners: How Immigrant Physicians Changed U.S. ...

We distributed a survey to a simple random sample of civilian EMTs and paramedics aged 18–85 years old from a database of the National Registry of Emergency Medical Technicians (NREMT), the national certification body for EMS in the U.S. Survey distribution began on 20 April 2021, which was after vaccinations had been released to all Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) phase 1a and 1b groups (including EMS professionals) [19,20,21] and after the Department of Health and Human Services had released a directive on 17 March 2021 to vaccinate all adults due to sufficient vaccine supply [22]. Thus, all EMS professionals had had an opportunity to be vaccinated prior to study participation.

These numbers follow an MGMA Stat poll in late August that found almost half (46%) of medical practices would require COVID-19 vaccination status for their employees after the Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine received full FDA approval on Aug.

https://www.institute.medworld.com/research/how-covid-19-transformed-the-medical-profession · The COVID-19 pandemic has profoundly impacted the medical profession, reshaping how healthcare is delivered, managed, and perceived worldwide. This case study uses insights from our doctors to examine ...

October 31, 2025 - Across the country, doctors lining up in droves to roll up their sleeves, with many physicians running the same gauntlet as their patients in an effort to be vaccinated.These same doctors are concerned that media reports emphasizing low vaccine rates may have a negative impact on patients and want to make it clear: doctors are overwhelmingly accepting of COVID-19 vaccines for themselves and their family members.

February 7, 2024 - Participants were asked about their levels of trust in the medical profession, their own doctor, and national, state, and local officials. They also answered questions about their views on the COVID-19 vaccine and whether they were vaccinated (in 2021 and/or 2022) and boosted (in 2022).