'You can’t fix it with facts': Doctors Share Patients' Excuses for COVID Vaccine Refusal
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Tribune Review: Misinformation and denial about covid-19 and its vaccine have left Dr. Heather Walker and her colleagues in the emergency department at Excela Health Westmoreland Hospital feeling defeated.
“No matter what you do, it’s not enough,” she said. “It’s exhausting for everyone.”
It’s also perplexing for doctors.
How can a patient be in disbelief over the coronavirus, pandemic and vaccine and yet trust doctors when it comes to a stroke, heart attack or broken leg?
“You believe me as an expert in all those things,” she said. “Why don’t you believe me about the pandemic?”
