‘Why do we only have 100 people planning to come?’ Some rural counties still battle vaccine hesitancy OregonLive.com 16 mins ago Andrew Theen, oregonlive.com
Nearly a month ago, Joseph P. Fiumara Jr. started noticing a worrisome trend at COVID-19 vaccine clinics run by his health department in eastern Oregon: more and more appointments for first doses went unclaimed.
Even as additional Umatilla County residents became eligible, doses sat unused. In stark contrast to the Portland area, where appointments can be gone in a flash, even walk-in clinics hadn’t filled up.
The county kept accruing a surplus of doses. Enough to start raising questions.