At Houston Hospital, Head Of COVID-19 Unit Sees Some Staff Wary Of A Vaccine
Dr. Joseph Varon of Houston's United Memorial Medical Center senses distrust for a vaccine among some hospital staff. "They all think it's meant to harm specific sectors of the population," he says.
As chief of critical care at Houston's United Memorial Medical Center, Dr. Joseph Varon is at the center of managing care for patients with the coronavirus. He's worked every day for the last 272 days.
"No days off," he told NPR's Morning Edition.
It's been a grueling pace at Varon's hospital for months.
These days, due to a post-Thanksgiving surge, he says, at least a half-dozen
