Dr. Howard Smith Oncall

  Vidcast:  https://youtu.be/kdgBhghwTy4   CoVid vaccine hesitancy has dropped 50% over the past 4 months and continues to decline month by month.  This the conclusion of a study from epidemiologists at the University of Pittsburgh and Carnegie-Mellon University.   Using online survey data from 732,308 Facebook users 18 to 64 years of age, the researchers find only 22.1% are now likely to decline CoVid vaccination.  Compare this with the 44% who were vaccine hesitant during December 2020.  Hesitancy varied by occupation: scientists, educators, and lawyers were the lowest with about 10%, next were healthcare providers at 14%, business and finance people at 15-16%, healthcare support staff at 16%, architects and engineers at 18%, food prep and service people at 25%, salespeople at 27%, building maintenance and military at 28%, truckers at 34%, farmers at 41%, and construction people most likely to decline vaccination at 46%.   Hopefully the trend toward CoVid vaccine acceptance will increase.  Those who refuse