Hispanic, Latinx residents of N.J. say they need more COVID vaccine info - especially in Spanish
Updated Feb 14, 2021;
Not yet, they said, and neither is she.
“Usually that’s the response that I get: that they want to wait a little bit more,” said Sanchez, 38, of Passaic City, and is originally from the Dominican Republic. “I think most people like myself worry about the side effects and that we don’t know enough.”
As New Jersey struggles to roll out the coronavirus vaccine, Latinx and Hispanic residents who are disproportionately affected by the virus have doubts about taking it, many saying there’s not enough information about its effects and a sore lack of outreach to their communities.