Grand Strand hospitals seeing major slowdown in vaccine demand Grand Strand hospitals seeing major slow down in vaccine demand By Nia Watson | May 5, 2021 at 6:49 PM EDT - Updated May 5 at 7:27 PM MURRELLS INLET, S.C. (WMBF) - More than 1.7 million South Carolinians have at least one shot of the COVID-19 vaccine, according to the Department of Health and Environmental Control’s vaccine dashboard. But, as the state continues to forge ahead against the pandemic, some Grand Strand hospitals said vaccine demand has slowed down a lot. The staff at Tidelands Health said they’re doing fewer vaccinations each week because of the lack of demand.