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Alex Marquez, of South Boston, was walking in Quincy Center on Tuesday, and said he will not take the vaccine when it becomes available. It s too soon, he said. I m not too sure about it yet. It s way too early.
Marquez said medicines are taken off the market all the time when side effects surface after wide release. If you take this, and there are long-term side effects, it s way too early to know, Marquez said.
He said he is open to taking the vaccine later on, but he wants to play it by ear.
Marquez is not alone in his hesitance to take the COVID-19 vaccine. A recent survey of nearly 2,000 adults published in the peer-reviewed journal JAMA Network Open found Americans’ willingness to get a COVID-19 vaccine was most linked to vaccine efficacy, adverse effects and duration of protection.