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A syringe is filled with a dose of the Johnson & Johnson/Janssen COVID-19 vaccine at a vaccination site organized by the United Farm Workers, Kern Medical and the Kern County Latino COVID-19 Task Force on March 13, 2021 in Delano. The San Joaquin Valley is home to some of the least vaccinated counties in California.
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Celia Maldonado has made three appointments to get a COVID-19 vaccine since late March, and she’s canceled each one of them.
“I canceled an appointment just this week,” the 31-year-old second-grade dual Spanish/English language immersion teacher said. “I’ve been feeling super, super anxious about this whole vaccine thing because I feel like there’s no clear answer to my concerns. It’s sort of driving me crazy.”