Collected Item: “Reconsidering Taking the Vaccine”
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Reconsidering taking the vaccine
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I live in Bronx, New York. When the pandemic struck, it affected everyone tremendously whether you contracted the virus or not. New York is a densely populated place and it immediately required a shut down of all day to day activities due to the soaring virus. It was so impactful that my school had to be closed and I could not go out with my friends on the weekends anymore due to the fact that all business places were closed. Many people in New York contracted the virus which at one point had the highest Coronavirus cases. It made my family and I very depressed to be stuck at home all day and worrying if anyone of us would be the next person to be personally affected by the virus. During the pandemic, which is still current, the introduction of the vaccine made me feel very relieved. Even though it is not a cure for the virus but it would help to fight the virus if you do contract it, and it also lessens the likeliness that it is contracted. This was such good news to my ears. When I found out that there were different types of the vaccines I was very skeptical about it because I wondered to myself about the different component that each might have. Following this, there was word that the Johnson and Johnson vaccine was causing bloodclots. This made me extremely scared to take any of the vaccines overall even though I want to be secured from the virus but I worry that the vaccine would not gree well with my body. This was a mental battle within my family if we want to take the vaccine or not.
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https://www.nytimes.com/2021/04/13/health/blood-clots-johnson-vaccine.html?searchResultPosition=8
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My story related mainly to my household and our decision of whether we want to take the vaccine or not
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2021-04-14
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Undergrad majoring in Liberal Arts
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HIS 20 B01[52051]
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