Front-line medical workers are growing weary of COVID-19 denial and misinformation. We asked six doctors what they say to their unvaccinated patients.
Such exchanges have become all-too-common for medical workers who are growing weary of COVID-19 denial and misinformation that have made it exasperating to treat unvaccinated patients during the delta-driven surge.
People who get sick with mild cases insist that they have natural immunity. “No, you’re not a Superman or Superwoman,” he tells them.He said one of the biggest issues is social media, as evidenced by the many patients who describe what they saw on Facebook in deciding against getting vaccinated. That mindset has spawned memes about the many Americans who got their degrees at the University of Facebook School of Medicine.
Stanton blamed people like far-right conspiracy theorist Alex Jones for spreading some of the misinformation that has taken root among his patients. Among them is that the vaccine contains fetal cells. Another said it “is a simple fact that the vaccine has killed millions.”It’s tough to watch, especially after living through the early surges. On his worst shift last fall, an elderly nursing home patient arrived, close to death.
He has heard a litany of misinformation about the vaccine: They say it’s not proven and only experimental. Others tell him the vaccine is a “personal choice and that the government shouldn’t tell me what to do.” He also has heard patients tell them they are too sick and didn’t want to risk the side effects of the vaccine.
Recently he received a flurry of messages from patients who were worried about damage to their testicles — a rumor he ultimately traced back to an“And I was like, ‘That’s outlandish. That’s a bit outrageous.’ So a lot of just kind of counseling that I did not expect to have to do.” He said his job is “a lot of just dismantling what people have heard,” answering their questions and reassuring them that “vaccines work like this just like when we were kids.”
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