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Effectiveness of the latest statewide coronavirus restrictions — including a 10 p.m. curfew that went into effect Friday — depends on whether North Carolinians obey the rules, public health experts say. If the current slate of COVID-19 restrictions on public activities doesn't slow the virus spread, North Carolina could soon need steps like closing restaurant dining rooms, according to experts who are closely monitoring the public health response. For months, Dr. Mandy Cohen, secretary of the North Carolina Department of Health and Human Services, has pleaded with residents to follo...

North Carolina Poll: Fewer Than Half Want COVID Vaccine Health experts, awaiting the imminent approval of several COVID-19 vaccines, have worried that some people's mistrust of vaccinations could limit the vaccines' effectiveness in combating the spread of the coronavirus. by Hannah Smoot, The Charlotte Observer / December 10, 2020 (TNS) - Dec. 10—As N.C. hospitals prepare to receive COVID-19 vaccines, a new poll shows that only 40% of North Carolinian respondents said they would get an FDA-approved vaccine to fight the virus.   Health experts, ...

Submitted by BlueNC on Thu, 12/10/2020 - 08:33 ELON POLL FINDS 60% OF NC RESPONDENTS MAY NOT TAKE COVID VACCINE: That number is “low and disappointing,” UNC Charlotte public health sciences Professor Melinda Forthofer told the Observer. “Our best bet for managing this pandemic is to have a much higher percentage of people receiving the vaccine when they can,” she said. Some people surveyed by the Elon poll said they wouldn’t get the vaccine because they worry they could contract COVID-19, or that they believe the vaccine development happened too quickly. But Wessner said it’s imp...