Mount Pleasant resident Alan Bedingfield understands why fears exist about the new vaccines. But he’s also a “science buff,” and his sister works in cancer research, so he leaned on her expertise and his own personal research before deciding the vaccine was worth the risks. The wider availability of coronavirus vaccines in recent weeks has many Clevelanders weighing whether to get the shots, which can protect against severe illness, hospitalization and death from COVID-19. Cleveland Documenters interviewed more than 40 friends, family members, neighbors and residents from across the city over the past several weeks to understand their views, which in some cases were still evolving.