Understanding vaccine hesitancy: Who is refusing the shot in Oregon and why? Cristin Severance
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The KGW Vaccine Team has been digging into vaccine hesitancy to better understand why many Oregonians are waiting to get a COVID vaccine or not planning to at all.
Recent polls show 25% of Americans remain vaccine-hesitant and reasons run the gamut.
The more people who don’t get the vaccine, the longer it takes to reach herd immunity, which experts now believe may not happen in the United States.
Jenny Pasterrnak of Sherwood emailed KGW after a recent story and shared her thoughts on why she doesn’t plan on getting the shot.