As demand for COVID-19 vaccines drops, experts stress more shots in arms are key for pandemic to 'be over'

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Some US states have started to decline their full allotment of vaccine shipments from the federal government due to a drop in demand from residents.

found that 8 percent of people who had one dose of an mRNA vaccine through April 9 didn't receive their second shot during the scheduled window. That’s about 5 million people who may have missed their second dose.

This vaccine news raises questions about what will happen next as the U.S. enters a new phase of the pandemic and whether herd immunity is even possible. "We've already seen benefits in terms of hospitalizations and, largely, concerns about hospital capacity," Adalja says. "But we'll have much better control when we can get to at least 40 percent."Dr. John Sellick, an infectious disease expert and professor of medicine at the University at Buffalo/SUNY, tells Yahoo Life that it's "unfortunate" more people haven't been fully vaccinated.

 

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