Dr. Howard Smith Oncall

  Vidcast:  https://youtu.be/0EzjfgwiU_Y   If  healthcare workers receive CoVid vaccination, their family members  enjoy a 60% lower risk of developing a preventable CoVid infection.  Scottish investigators draw this conclusion from their study of 144,525 healthcare workers and their 194,362 family members.   Vaccination not only reduces overall CoVid infection risk, but it lowers hospitalization risks by 23%.  This  suggests that cases that do occur may tend to be less severe.   This is a powerful impetus for not only healthcare workers but other first responders and public-facing individuals to obtain CoVid vaccination.   All in these categories should overcome any vaccine hesitancy and get the jab if not for themselves for those they love and protect.   https://www.medrxiv.org/content/10.1101/2021.03.11.21253275v1.full.pdf+html   #healthcare #vaccine #CoVid #firstresponders