As reports of slipping demand for COVID-19 vaccines emerged across the state and nation in recent weeks, health officials say Monroe County is no different and that the initial rush on the vaccine has waned. Dr. Mark Whiteside, medical director with the Florida Department of Health in Monroe County, said the number of people coming in for the vaccine has âabsolutelyâ gone down from the first few months it was available. He said in the early days, vaccines were very limited in the county and demand was high. âWe couldnât get enough of it,â Whiteside said. But at a vaccine site run by the local health department in Marathon, Whiteside said one day recently no one came in to get vaccinated and other sites are doing less business as well.