Survey: One-third of Louisiana health care workers question necessity of COVID vaccine

September 22, 2021

EMF-M ICU night shift — **Lt. Cmdr. Michael Heimes, assigned to Expeditionary Medical Facility-M, checks on a patient connected to a ventilator during an ICU night shift at Baton Rouge General Mid City campus, April 28, 2020.** (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Cpl. Daniel R. Betancourt Jr./Released)

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One-third of health care workers surveyed across Louisiana are not convinced vaccines are necessary to end the COVID-19 pandemic, according to the preliminary results of a Louisiana Department of Health survey of roughly 10,000 medical workers. The survey, which began June 29 and ended Aug. 5, asked a series of questions designed to gauge the

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