reluctance
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Reluctance to vaccinating the youngest children is likely fueled by the fact that COVID-19 hospitalizations and deaths in children are rare in the context of the broader pandemic — although they do occur.
From Washington Times • Jun. 15, 2022
Reluctance to travel, though, could mean an upswing in other sectors if the new variant is not as harmful as people fear.
From New York Times • Dec. 2, 2021
Reluctance to get the shots has been widespread among the pregnant population because they were excluded from clinical trials for the Pfizer Inc.-BioNTech SE, Moderna Inc., and Johnson & Johnson vaccines.
From Seattle Times • Aug. 23, 2021
Reluctance in China about donating organs is related to a traditional belief that the body should remain "complete" after death, experts say.
From BBC • Jun. 25, 2018
I now breathe with Reluctance the Smoke of London, when I think of the sweet Air of Twyford.
From Benjamin Franklin; Self-Revealed, Volume I (of 2) A Biographical and Critical Study Based Mainly on his own Writings by Bruce, Wiliam Cabell
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