Americans ‘Are Just Over It’; COVID Vaccine Demand Craters
Americans are done with the pandemic, even though COVID-19 doesn’t appear to be done with them.
Two years after the first case of the virus hit U.S. shores, Americans tired of mask mandates and repeated jabs are just moving on with their lives.
“The vaccination drive in the U.S. is grinding to a halt, and demand has all but collapsed,” the Associated Press reported Thursday.
“The average number of Americans getting their first shot is down to about 90,000 a day, the lowest point since the first few days of the U.S. vaccination campaign, in December 2020. And hopes of any substantial improvement in the immediate future have largely evaporated,” the AP wrote.
Going maskless is now in vogue, even as COVID-19 cases continue to land thousands of Americans in the hospital. “People are just over it. They’re tired of it,” Judy Smith, administrator for a 12-county public health district in northwestern Alabama, told the wire service. – READ MORE
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