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Study: 30% of Healthcare Workers Not Fully Vaccinated

November 24, 2021 - An estimated 30 percent of healthcare workers were not fully vaccinated against COVID-19 as of September 2021, according to a CDC analysis published in the American Journal of Infection Control. The analysis results found that vaccination rates increased from 36 percent to 60 percent between January 2021 and April 2021. However, as of September...


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