China’s care homes scramble to protect elderly from Covid surge
China’s care homes scramble to protect elderly from Covid surge
- December 14, 2022
- Wang Feng, sociology, Bloomberg, Dec. 14, 2022
Many older Chinese are reluctant to get vaccinated, said Feng Wang, a sociology professor at the University of California, Irvine. Forcing them to get vaccinated risks creating a backlash in a society that traditionally has emphasized respecting seniors, he said. “It’s a tremendous gamble,” said Wang. “If an elderly person resists, I’m pretty sure there will be a lot of reluctance among the nurses, the local neighborhood committees and officials to force elderly people to take the vaccine.”
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