Sun Journal
Craven County Health Director Scott Harrelson had just gotten off the phone when he returned my call. He’d been trying to calm down angry senior citizens wondering what’s taking so long to get their COVID vaccines. “It’s been a real week,” he sighed. “The state really did a number on us this last go-round.”
Harrelson does not hide his frustration with the state. Craven County has been working tirelessly to get out every dose it receives, he said – a kind of triumvirate between the county, Coastal Carolina Health Care and CarolinaEast Health Systems, reaching out to patients and residents and setting up appointments to use every dose the county gets. “We’re getting rid of it within seven days of receiving it,” he said.