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In parts of rural Michigan, the vaccine may be free, but it is harder to sell
Where farmland stretches from Monroe to Cass County along the Michigan-Ohio line, mistrust and fear play into willingness to take COVID-19 vaccines.
Kristen Jordan Shamus and Arpan Lobo, Detroit Free Press
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5:33 pm UTC May. 24, 2021
Cassidy Johnson sat on a stool at a high-top table at the Spin Clean Coin Laundry in Monroe, waiting as her clothes sloshed inside a high-capacity washing machine.
She was resolute about COVID-19 vaccines. I have not taken it, and I will not take it, said Johnson, 33, of Monroe. I already have an autoimmune disease and definitely will not be putting something else in my body that I don t feel like needs to be there.