Many still hesitate to get vaccine, but reluctance is easing Share Updated: 7:26 AM EDT Apr 3, 2021 ANDREW SELSKY, HANNAH FINGERHUT and CHRISTOPHER WEBER Many still hesitate to get vaccine, but reluctance is easing Share Updated: 7:26 AM EDT Apr 3, 2021 Hide Transcript Show Transcript AND IT MOVES US TOWARD THAT ALL-IMPORTANT HERD IMMUNITY. 37-YEAR-OLD CORI THOMSON AND H BROTHER JOHN ARE CELEBRATING. BOTH NOW HAVE VACCINATION APPOINTMENTS IN APRIL. WITH SEVERAL LOVED ONES IMMUNO-COMPROMISED, IT'S BEEN A LONG TIME COMING. >> I WAS KIND OF EXCITED, SO I ENDED UP WAKING UP AT 7:00 NATURALLY THIS MORNING. AND I WAS ABLE TO GET ON RIGHT AWAY AND REGISTER AND LOG IN REALLY QUICKLY. JENNIFER: BUT SHE ADMITS, SOME HER AGE ARE HESITANT. >> IT MAY BE A LITTLE BIT OF A TOUGHER SELL TO YOUNGER PEOPLE, AND NOT UNPRECEDENTE JENNIFER: THIS DR. SAYS IT HAPPENS WITH THE FLU VACCINE, TOO, BUT THAT CONCERNS ARE REAL. >> INDIVIDUALS WHO ARE 40 AND YOUNGER STILL HAVE A RISK OF GETTING SEVERE COVID. I’LL ADD ONTO THAT AS WELL -- EVEN PEOPLE THAT HAVE LESS SEVERE COVID, IT IS VERY COMMON TO HAVE A POST COVID SYNDROM -- HAVE A POST-COVID SYNDROME, SO-CALLED COVID LONG-HAULERS. JENNIFER: POSSIBLE SIDE EFFECT A SMALL PRICE TO PAY. >> IF YOU LOOK AT THE BENEFI OF HAVING BEEN VACCINATED, THEY FAR, FAR OUTWEIGH THE POTENTIAL SIDE EFFECTS THAT ONE MIGHT FEEL FOR 24 HOURS. JENNIFER: AND IF THE IDEA OF HERD IMMUNITY ISN’T CONVINCING ENOUGH, THE PRACTICAL IMPACT OF NOT BEING VACCINATED COULD B >> IF YOU COME IN CONTACT WITH SOMEONE WHO HAS CORONAVIRUS, Y WILL STILL NEED TO QUARANTINE FOR THE 10 DAYS, PLUS AN ADDITIONAL SEVEN TO 10 DAYS. JENNIFER: APPOINTMENTS FOR INDIVIDUALS 16 TO 30 OPEN FRIDAY.