A 32-year-old Mexican doctor has been hospitalized in the intensive care unit following seizures, difficulty breathing, and a starting diagnosis of encephalomyelitis (swelling of brain and spinal cord) after she got the Pfizer BioNtech Covid-19 vaccine.

Meanwhile, several news outlets, including Forbes and the LA Times, seem surprised that large numbers of health care workers and front-line workers are refusing the vaccine, even with priority access.

From the Forbes article: “Earlier this week, Ohio Gov. Mike DeWine said he was ‘troubled’ by the relatively low numbers of nursing home workers who have elected to take the vaccine, with DeWine stating that approximately 60% of nursing home staff declined the shot.”

Funny, he has NOT indicated that he is “troubled” by reports of serious adverse reactions among some, including the doctor in Mexico with encephalomyelitis.

“Dr. Joseph Varon, chief of critical care at Houston’s United Memorial Medical Center, told NPR in December more than half of the nurses in his unit informed him they would not get the vaccine.

Roughly 55 percent of surveyed New York Fire Department firefighters said they would not get the coronavirus vaccine, the Firefighters Association president said last month.”

Are you surprised?

Forbes article: https://www.forbes.com/sites/tommybeer/2021/01/02/large-numbers-of-health-care-and-frontline-workers-are-refusing-covid-19-vaccine

LA Times article: https://www.latimes.com/california/story/2020-12-31/healthcare-workers-refuse-covid-19-vaccine-access