Monkeypox vaccinations have slowed down significantly, raising questions about how the state will reach high-risk populations that are less likely to seek out a shot.
But the same pattern also showed up in each new round of COVID-19 vaccines: tight supply in the beginning as those who are most interested in the shot and best able to navigate the system fight for appointments, followed by a shift to trying to persuade people who don’t have vaccination at the top of their minds.
“If they want to increase vaccination rates, they’re going to have to talk to the community, not at the community,” she said. Dr. Demetre Daskalakis, the deputy response coordinator on the White House’s monkeypox team, has urged providers to minimize invasive questions about people’s sex lives. He said the CDC had also ruled that it’s safe to get the vaccine on the upper shoulder or back, if a person is concerned that someone would see the temporary vaccination mark on their forearm,The state has about 14,000 doses of the Jynneos vaccine — the main option for monkeypox — on hand.
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