/ The Miami Herald Doris Mejia, an undocumented immigrant who hasn’t been able to get the vaccine, is photographed in South Miami Dade on Wednesday, April 7, 2021.
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Demand for COVID-19 vaccine may be slowing in South Florida
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NORTHWEST MIAMI-DADE, Fla. – Throughout the day on Wednesday, people filed into white tents at Miami-Dade College’s North Campus at the FEMA-funded COVID-19 vaccine site, but it’s not as busy as we have seen in the past.
In fact, across the country including here in South Florida, demand for the COVID-19 vaccine seems to be softening.
The Miami-Dade College North Campus staff has now returned to administering first doses of the Pfizer vaccine at the FEMA-funded hub since the Johnson & Johnson vaccine is on hold.
Jac Berman said he came at 4 a.m. to be first in line to get his shot. “The early bird gets the worm,” Berman said.
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The pause in the rollout of Johnson & Johnson’s Covid-19 vaccine marks another setback for the world’s inoculation campaign, just as it was picking up speed in Europe and other regions where immunizations have lagged.