Table 2.

Reasons for COVID-19 vaccine hesitancy among unvaccinated employees.

Theme	Quotes from Survey
1) Concerns with safety and risk profile of vaccine	Side effects from shot are worse in many cases then the vaccination.
	Potential risks do not outweigh temporary benefits
	Long term side effects unknown
	Adverse reactions do not justify risk
	Do not feel like there is enough evidence and with the recent reactions I do not feel safe
2) Mistrust in vaccine development	Don't trust mRNA and spike protein
	It is not approved by the FDA and is still a “test” Vaccine
	Vaccine has not gone through extensive long-term trials like other vaccines have
	If it worked and was safe you wouldn't need ads campaigns, mandate it, or offer incentives.
	The government and media seem to be pushing the vaccine while hiding the serious adverse events
3) Personal choice	Believe it should be a personal choice
	It is a personal choice for everybody and a private matter
	I am young and healthy, it should be a personal choice
	It’s my own personal choice. I’m safe at work not putting anyone at risk I wear my mask and am safe around others
4) Openness to future vaccination	I would like to wait to see what type of effects it has on the public
	More studies and being out on the market longer
	More time to be assured of no long-term side effects
	Nothing will make me want to get it until it's been around for 40 years like the flu/chicken pox/MMR