About 75 million doses of Covid-19 vaccine have been administered. That total includes Americans who have received both vaccinations and those who have received only one. The vaccine used to date is from Pfizer and Moderna. The Johnson & Johnson single shot vaccine is being shipped now and will reach states by weekend. With about 15% of the population having received that prick in the arm, only minor side effects have been reported. Those are minor swelling of the arm, fever, fatigue and possible headaches. Those symptoms disappear within 24 hours. In spite of the effectiveness of the vaccines, there are high rates of vaccine hesitancy. That fact impedes our collective progress against the virus. Polls suggest that refusal to be vaccinated follows party lines. BLUE states have lower rates of vaccine hesitancy when compared to RED states. Overall 70% of Democrats and 47% of Independents are being vaccinated but that number drops down to 44% for Republicans. Reasons given for vaccine refusal are worries about possible side effects and concerns over its overall safety. What is forgotten by many is that the virus doesn’t care about your political party affiliation. I see the difference in the way Republicans and Democrats view the vaccinations strictly as their response to what they have been told in the past 10 months. Trump downplayed the seriousness of the virus all along and unfortunately many of his followers still believe that it is. I must remind them that Trump and Melania were vaccinated while they were still in the White House but elected not to admit it at that time. So I ask you to do what your party leader has done and line up for that prick in the arm!

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