PARTICIPANTS OF A SPECIAL HOUSE HEARING ON COVID-19 MONDAY DISCUSSED HOW MISINFORMATION IS A LEADING CAUSE OF VACCINE HESITANCY. 

THERE ARE SOME PEOPLE WHO JUST AREN'T GOING TO GET VACCINATED, WHILE OTHERS ARE STILL ON THE FENCE, CONCERNED ABOUT THINGS THEY HAVE HEARD ABOUT THE SHOT SAYS CHICAGO REPRESENTATIVE MARY FLOWERS.

THERE ARE STILL A LOT OF MYTHS ABOUT THE VACCINE SAYS CHICAGO DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC HEALTH COMMISSIONER DOCTOR ALLISON ARWADY.

STATE AND LOCAL PUBLIC HEALTH OFFICIALS TESTIFYING AT THE HEARING URGED THOSE WITH CONCERNS TO TALK TO THEIR PRIMARY CARE DOCTOR. THEY SAY SOME COMMON MISNOMERS ABOUT THE VACCINE ARE THAT IT MAY CAUSE INFERTILITY AND THAT IT SHOULD NOT BE GIVEN TO THOSE WITH UNDERLYING CONDITIONS LIKE CANCER OR H-I-V. HEALTH EXPERTS SAY NEITHER ARE TRUE.