It took nearly a dozen years, but the city of Pendergrass has made its first payment on what’s grown to a $1.5 million judgment from a whistleblower lawsuit.
In December, Arizona Republican state Rep. Mark Finchem suffered from flu-like symptoms â headache, fatigue, body aches and chills. But it wasnât the flu; he tested positive for COVID-19. Nearly three months later, his mother, who had recently contracted the coronavirus, died after battling throat cancer for over 40 years.
Those circumstances werenât enough to persuade Finchem, who is in his early 60s, to get a Moderna, Pfizer-BioNTech or Johnson & Johnson COVID-19 vaccine. Finchem remains skeptical, he said, because he distrusts the federal government and top public health officials, heâs heard mixed messages about the vaccines on social media and television news, and he worries about long-term side effects.
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Republican Men Are Vaccine-Hesitant, But There s Little Focus on Them
Arizona state Rep. Mark Finchem, a Republican, sits at his desk in the state Capitol wearing a face mask at the beginning of the legislative session in January. Finchem, who contracted COVID-19 last winter, is among the Republicans who refuse to get vaccinated against the disease.
Ross D. Franklin
The Associated Press
Editor’s note: This story has been updated to correct the percentage of fully vaccinated adults.
In December, Arizona Republican state Rep. Mark Finchem suffered from flu-like symptoms headache, fatigue, body aches and chills. But it wasn’t the flu; he tested positive for COVID-19. Nearly three months later, his mother, who had recently contracted the coronavirus, died after battling throat cancer for over 40 years.
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