State House Speaker Pro Tem Hoping Johnson & Johnson Vaccine Issues Don’t Scare People From Other Shots

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As state lawmakers have returned back to work in Lansing, the COVID pandemic remains top of mind. State Representative and Speaker Pro Tem Pamela Hornberger, said she hopes news of the Johnson and Johnson vaccine being suspended doesn’t give people vaccine hesitancy.

“I think now with this, hearing this vaccine news is going to be even more difficult,” she says. “You know, you want people to be safe and people were looking at vaccines as a way to hopefully get us out of this and create some immunity faster, but giving me great pause to hear that this morning. It’s not great news.”

Hornberger, of Chesterfield Township, says everyone should still take the Pfizer or Moderna vaccine once it’s made available to them.