Will you get the COVID-19 vaccine? Polk residents weigh in
Others determined not to receive injections
When the COVID-19 pandemic reached Polk County early in 2020, Assunta “Cindy” Jaskolka was working as a nurse at a long-term care facility in Lakeland.
By March, Jaskolka decided to leave that job, as she didn’t think her employer was providing adequate protective equipment. The Winter Haven resident said her husband, Andy, 79, has chronic health problems, and she worried she might become infected at work and spread the coronavirus to him, with potentially lethal consequences.
Now that vaccines against COVID-19 are becoming available, Jaskolka said she will seek one at the first opportunity. A registered nurse for nearly five decades, she said she hopes to resume working after becoming vaccinated.