Ready for their shot, vaccine stragglers explain why they waited.
Spent the day at a vaccine clinic. A majority of Latinos I talked to said they had gotten COVID already and felt they had immunity. Says a lot about the conversations we need to be having
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Spent the day at a vaccine clinic. A majority of Latinos I talked to said they had gotten COVID already and felt they had immunity. Says a lot about the conversations we need to be having
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The people who finally changed their minds cited pastors who helped sway them and Spanish language TV sharing examples of people who had waited to get vaccinated and gotten sick before they could get the shot.
Also, something that was so notable to me is that out of the first five people to get vaccinated at this clinic, two were from Guatemala and another from El Salvador. Vaccine rollout has. been so slow in their countries that they decided to get the J&J while on vacation here.
A huge thing to consider here as well is access and convenience. One man didn't want to miss a day of work so he kept putting it off. By chance he saw a sign offering free COVID vaccines while out making deliveries. He decided to give up his lunch break to get the shot.
According to a @KHNews survey released in May, "Hispanics who have yet to receive a covid shot are about twice as likely as non-Hispanic whites or Blacks to say they’d like to get vaccinated as soon as possible."
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"Among unvaccinated Hispanics, 64% were worried about missing work because of vaccine side effects, and 52% were concerned about having to pay for the shots — although the shots are offered at no cost."
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