By BRYAN ANDERSON | Associated Press/Report for America
RALEIGH â Less than half of North Carolinians eligible for a COVID-19 shot are fully vaccinated, even though there are more than 2.1 million doses waiting on shelves for residents to take.
In the two weeks since the state announced four $1 million prizes would be given out to vaccinated adults, fewer than 118,000 residents, about 1% of the state population, came in for a first dose.
North Carolina ranks 12th-worst in the nation in vaccines administered per capita, and second-worst among states with a Democratic governor, according to data from the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.