In rural areas of Nassau County, Florida, many residents resisted coronavirus vaccines amid distrust of the government and fears that the shots were rushed. Now some opponents are having second thoughts amid a deadly new wave of infections. Full story:
Dr. Phillips Cao, a family practitioner who treats patients at a University of Florida Health clinic in Callahan, said many older people in the area got coronavirus shots months ago, while younger adults put them off as infections declined sharply in the spring.
Before the Fourth of July, Cao said, he was seeing maybe one coronavirus patient every two weeks. Now, he said, he often tests seven patients each day. Five of them typically come back positive for the virus, and often two are so sick he sends them to a hospital.The spike in infections could be pushing more people to get shots. State health data shows that nearly 4,400 people got vaccinated in Nassau County in the three-week period ending Aug.
Despite his age, his proximity to virus deaths, a chronic lung illness, and his own recent bout with COVID-19, the 61-year-old McAninch had still not been vaccinated when he spoke to a reporter recently. He said at first he was wary of how quickly the shots were developed. But then he decided he had spent too long waiting to make up his mind.While the development of the vaccines was unusually fast, it was the culmination of many years of research.
“Some of them are kind of aggravated with me,” she said. “They say, `Mama, if you get it, you might die,’” Sims said. “I do trust the Lord to take care of me. If I die, it’s my time.”
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