According to some recent polls, about 30% of American adults are hesitant to get a COVID vaccines, despite urging from doctors.
Dr. Brian Lamb is a physician with Allegheny Health Network who acknowledges patients have a lot of concern about potential side effects and says there's a lot of misinformation out there.
"We see a lot of people that come in who are hesitant to get it. A good chunk of our day is actually spent talking to our patients about why it's safe, why they should get it and really dispelling a lot of negative information that people are hearing," explains Lamb
This week, former President Donald Trump urged his supporters to get a COVID vaccine after some polling show Republicans are slightly more reluctant. He and his wife received their vaccines just before leaving the White House.
Lamb is urging everyone to get vaccinated when it's their turn.
"If we're going to come out of this pandemic, if we're going to reach herd immunity and if we want to have a somewhat normal summer - we really need everyone, when it's your chance, to get the shot."
National health experts say we need about 80% vaccination to reach herd immunity.
Pennsylvania remains in Phase 1-A of its vaccination rollout.
But some states are already expanding theirs to include people of all ages.
Ohio is now urging anyone age 16 and older to get a shot.
Dr. Lamb says the next step is studying whether younger children should also be vaccinated.
"We're looking at that as well to see when do we start vaccinating the younger kids? When do we start vaccinating our teenagers, even younger than 16?"
Moderna is currently conducting trials with children. They're also working on a one-shot vaccination that wouldn't require freezing.
