J.'s mother, Tracey Ferguson, insists that her son isn't against vaccinations, noting he's had other immunizations in the past. But the trained nurse said Wednesday that he's been diagnosed with atrial fibrillation an irregular and often rapid heart rhythm and that he has concerns about the side
"D.J. is an informed patient," Tracey Ferguson said in a brief interview at her home in Mendon, about 30 miles (48 kilometers) southwest of Boston. "He wants to be assured by his doctors that his condition would not be worse or fatal with this COVID vaccine."