The week after the federal Centers for Disease Control and Prevent recommended a pause of the Johnson & Johnson vaccine, Central Florida community leaders and health officials are sounding the alarm that demand for all COVID vaccinations is waning. Thousands of appointments are still open this week in Orange and Seminole counties, and Lake and Volusia counties are drawing fewer residents to their mass vaccinations sites.
Three days after federal health officials recommended a “pause” in use of the Johnson & Johnson COVID-19 vaccine, Father José Rodríguez began to see the fallout he’d feared. In his east Orange County neighborhood, where the Episcopal priest had worked for months to persuade the largely Latino population to get vaccinated, residents due for their second dose of Moderna were backing out. “The .
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With summer approaching, an Orange County epidemiologist is warning that pandemic precautions still need to be taken, especially as the region sees more COVID-19 cases among children.