Mississippi health officials talked tackling vaccine hesitancy, the recent pause of the one-dose Johnson & Johnson shot and the state s COVID-19 cases during a Friday afternoon discussion.
Vaccine hesitancy among residents looks different now than it did back in December when the shots first came into Mississippi, State Health Officer Thomas Dobbs said Friday. Seventy-three percent of Mississippians are a yes on vaccines, he said, citing a recent trust survey. Only 10% are a no.
While vaccine hesitancy is waning, Dobbs said continuing to get residents vaccinated will become more of a ground campaign where medical providers go door-to-door.
That would include looking into opening walk-up vaccination options at clinics and having medical providers vaccinate at jails, nursing homes and houses of homebound people.
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