Pulaski County’s health care providers are pleading with residents to get the COVID-19 vaccine. In a letter to the community this week, Pulaski Memorial Hospital providers said, “Further disease and death are entirely preventable, but because of disinformation, people continue to die of COVID-19.”
The CDC says Pulaski County is currently experiencing substantial community spread, and the health care providers warn that an increase in deaths is likely, both from the virus itself and from other diseases as doctors focus their attention on COVID-19. The vaccines pose “exceedingly small risks,” according to the health care providers, and their success rate remains high. But the more the virus is able to spread and mutate, the less likely it is that the vaccines will work in the future.
Pulaski Memorial Hospital officials note that health care workers have gotten “overwhelming” public support for the past year, but now that the tools exist to bring the pandemic under control, their “guidance and expertise are dismissed and labeled as ‘fake news.’” They call on residents to put aside their political views or feelings about the government and continue to trust their local health care professionals.
Pulaski Memorial Hospital will host a vaccine clinic next Tuesday from 4:00 to 7:00 p.m. EDT. More vaccination sites can be found at ourshot.in.gov.
