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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.
“Take it, spend it wherever you like, it s yours,” Duggan said at an afternoon news conference. “You will be handed it on site as soon as the person with you gets their shot.
“Then, if you come back for the second shot, you get another $50 card. So just bring them back.”
In a city with the state’s lowest vaccine rates, Duggan called the program “uncharted territory.”
The “neighbor” who stands to financially benefit does not need to be a Detroit resident, but the person brought in for a vaccine must live in the city, under the terms of the program.
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