This still rings true a month later, as the expiration dates on the doses are approaching. "Every hospital in the U.S. now is seeing COVID cases. Especially in Arkansas. It's on the rise. It's on the rise everywhere every in the U.S.," said Thrower. North Carolina reported 2,898 COVID-19 cases on July 19. If people don't want to wear a mask for the next six months they need to be vaccinated, said Thrower "I've had people say 'well, the government's trying to track us' and that's so ridiculous. We have got to get this stuff under control. The variants are going to kill a lot of people," said Thrower.