The number of people getting a COVID-19 vaccine in both Michigan and the nation has been dropping since a mid-April high. That has the Biden Administration re-thinking their strategy of mass vaccination sites.
A big reason for the drop in inoculations is hesitancy. Some people just don’t want to get vaccinated.
Doctor Farhan Bhatti is with the Committee to Protect Health Care and a family physician. He says doctors have to tell their patients about the benefits of getting vaccinated.
“Most people trust their primary care provider they have an established relationship with him or her that they've been seeing their primary care doctor for," said Bhatti. "Oftentimes many, many years. They will take what their family doctor tells them generally over what they see on TV or read on social media.”
In a study by UCLA, incentives were found to work in getting people vaccinated. Democrats were more responsive to cash, while Republicans were most motived by the ending of coronavirus mitigation efforts.
Last week, Governor Whitmer announced a series of benchmarks for lifting COVID-19 restrictions that are tied to the number of adults immunized in the state.