Manatee County leaves vaccine distribution to pharmacies, focuses on hurricane season
Kimberly Kuzion reports
BRADENTON, Fla. - Since December, Manatee County has put 160,000 COVID-19 vaccines into people's arms.
"They've been on the front lines. They were eager to get out and start vaccinating the community, we thought we’d be in this a lot longer," Manatee County's public safety director, Jacob Saur said.
But demand has waned at country-run vaccine sites. As the age for vaccinations was lowered, and the number of pharmacies offering the vaccine has increased, Saur said demand decreased.
"It's much more convenient for those that are in the community to go to their local pharmacy, physicians are starting to get it as well. We want to keep up the message, that you should get vaccinated," he said.