Daytona Beach resident Jonathan Squires, 66, refuses to get a COVID-19 vaccination, even though he s eligible. I wouldn t get a shot even if you held a gun to my head, that s how strong I feel about this, Squires said. I ve never had a flu shot. I don t trust this quick fix to a virus that is survivable.
While Squires said he himself hasn t had the virus, he knows people who have. But that still isn t enough to convince him to get the vaccine. I don t trust anything the government says we need to have, he said. They ve been poor stewards thus far, why would I trust [them] moving forward?