Claire Pride isn’t a political person. So as COVID-19 policies and recommendations became more and more politicized the past few months, the 28-year-old Madison resident didn’t feel the need to get the vaccine.
She wasn’t necessarily opposed to getting the shot, but it wasn’t something she felt led to do. When the vaccine was first made available, she wanted older, more at-risk people to get vaccinated first. Later, she believed that younger, healthy people like her were safe from the worst effects.
