WFAE
Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine doses are ready to be administered at a recent visit to homebound residents.
Some Charlotte-area health care providers are seeing a decline in demand for COVID-19 vaccines. Mecklenburg County Public Health and Novant Health both said they have seen fewer people seeking shots.
Dr. David Priest, an infectious disease physician with Novant Health, called the trend “super concerning.”
“We don’t want to plateau at 35, 40%, 45% of individuals being vaccinated when we need 65, 70, 75% to really get the pandemic to close,” Priest told reporters Tuesday morning.
In Mecklenburg County, about 27% of residents had received at least one dose of a COVID-19 vaccine as of Monday, according to North Carolina’s Department of Health and Human Services. That lags behind the statewide vaccination rate of roughly 30%. Gaston (where 24% of people have received at least one shot), Iredell (24.3%), Union (24.7%) and Cabarrus (23.3%) counties also trail the state