{"id":51769,"date":"2021-05-04T08:21:07","date_gmt":"2021-05-04T12:21:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/medicine\/?p=51769"},"modified":"2023-06-06T18:09:47","modified_gmt":"2023-06-06T22:09:47","slug":"as-vaccination-rates-decline-dhhs-and-health-care-providers-trying-to-reach-rural-underserved-communities","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/medicine\/news\/as-vaccination-rates-decline-dhhs-and-health-care-providers-trying-to-reach-rural-underserved-communities\/","title":{"rendered":"Wohl Discusses the Decline in Vaccination Rates, Concerns For Lifting Rules, and the Start of Vaccine Trials For Young People"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_37725\" class=\"thumbnail wp-caption alignright\" style=\"width: 300px\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/medicine\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/945\/2016\/01\/Me-head-shot.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-37725\" src=\"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/medicine\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/945\/2016\/01\/Me-head-shot.jpg\" alt=\"David Wohl, MD\" width=\"290\" height=\"290\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/medicine\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/945\/2016\/01\/Me-head-shot.jpg 290w, https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/medicine\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/945\/2016\/01\/Me-head-shot-150x150.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 290px) 100vw, 290px\" \/><\/a><figcaption class=\"caption wp-caption-text\">David Wohl, MD<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.ncpolicywatch.com\/2021\/05\/03\/as-vaccination-rates-decline-dhhs-and-health-care-providers-trying-to-reach-rural-underserved-communities\/?eType=EmailBlastContent&amp;eId=93438687-e33e-43fb-b5e3-5c1e5621487a\">NC Policy Watch<\/a> reports the total number of vaccinations dropped<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">\u00a0by 23%<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">\u00a0<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">over <\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">one week <\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">in April<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">, an indication<\/span> <span data-contrast=\"auto\">that North Carolina still faces challenges in achieving its vaccination goals. <\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Now, the state Department of Health and Human Services <\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">wants <\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">to direct <\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">vaccination efforts<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\"> toward <\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">neighborhoods<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\"> where <\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">few people have <\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">gotten shots<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/medicine\/directory\/david-wohl-md\/\">David Wohl<\/a>, MD, professor of medicine in the division of infectious diseases, said v<span data-contrast=\"auto\">accinations will fall and rise as new populations become eligible, b<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">ut it\u2019s likely that many of <\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">the <\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">\u201chand-raisers,\u201d the people who<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\"> actively sought out shots, <\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">have <\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">gotten them.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:259}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">\u201cWe have to make sure the hand-raisers get access to the vaccine,\u201d Wohl said. <\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">\u201cI\u2019m committed \u2013 if we have to bring the vaccine to you, we\u2019ll bring the vaccine to you.\u201d<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:259}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.ncpolicywatch.com\/2021\/05\/03\/as-vaccination-rates-decline-dhhs-and-health-care-providers-trying-to-reach-rural-underserved-communities\/?eType=EmailBlastContent&amp;eId=93438687-e33e-43fb-b5e3-5c1e5621487a\">Read the news story.<\/a><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p>Wohl also talked with WRAL about the dragging pace of COVID vaccinations, a protest against mandatory vaccines and trends in North Carolina.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I&#8217;m hopeful that people will get back off the fence and into clinics to get vaccinated, and that we&#8217;ll get vaccines to people who really want it,&#8221; said Wohl. &#8220;There are a lot of people out there who do want to get vaccinated and are having trouble doing so.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.wral.com\/coronavirus\/vaccination-rate-in-nc-slows-as-state-works-through-layers-of-eagerness-expert-says\/19660653\/\">Watch the news story.<\/a><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p>As COVID-19 vaccinations slow, experts urge caution about lifting more rules. Wohl explained his concerns in a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbs17.com\/news\/local-news\/wake-county-news\/as-covid-19-vaccinations-slow-experts-urge-caution-about-lifting-more-rules\/\">CBS-17 news story<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe virus will go to places where people are not vaccinated. So, if a community remains at 50 percent, that community is going to be more vulnerable,\u201d he said. \u201cI think you\u2019re going to see sporadic outbreaks in communities that have not vaccinated sufficiently.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbs17.com\/news\/local-news\/wake-county-news\/as-covid-19-vaccinations-slow-experts-urge-caution-about-lifting-more-rules\/\">Watch or read the story<\/a>.<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p>Months following a call from the American Academy of Pediatrics to expand vaccine trials to include all children, both Pfizer-BioNTech and Moderna are under way with vaccine trials on the youngest age group yet.<\/p>\n<p>Although this trial is good news for those eager to have a safe and effective COVID-19 vaccine authorized for use in children, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/medicine\/directory\/david-wohl-md\/\">David Wohl<\/a>, MD, questions its fast timing.<\/p>\n<p>Wohl, who is not involved in the Moderna or Pfizer studies, <a class=\"link rapid-noclick-resp\" href=\"http:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2021\/03\/16\/health\/moderna-covid-vaccine-children.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\" data-ylk=\"slk:said the trial looked well-designed and likely to be effective but wondered why the children were to be followed for only one year\">said the trial looked well-designed and likely to be effective but wondered why the children were to be followed for only one year<\/a> while adults in Moderna&#8217;s study are followed for two years. He also told the <em>New York Times<\/em> he was surprised to see the vaccine being tested in children so young already.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.yahoo.com\/news\/heres-moderna-testing-covid-19-175659398.html\">Read the Yahoo story<\/a>.<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p>A new Centers for Disease Control and Prevention report notes the importance that vaccine providers monitor people for anxiety responses in addition to allergic responses following COVID-19 shots. The CDC says the monitoring should happen in the 15 minutes after vaccination.<\/p>\n<div class=\"article__section article__section_type_text utility__text\">\n<p>David Wohl, MD, said the system adjusted screening protocols following those initial reports and vaccine administrators now try to pinpoint people with histories of fainting during blood drawing or shots.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"article__section article__section_type_text utility__text\">\n<p>&#8220;They go to a special area; we recline them. It&#8217;s almost like a first-class lounge, Wohl explained in the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.13newsnow.com\/article\/news\/health\/coronavirus\/coronavirus-numbers\/cdc-anxiety-fainting-vaccination-sites\/275-4b9b2d70-64a2-45b5-845b-590fc127ad94\">WCNC report<\/a>. &#8220;They are vaccinated in the chair and observed in the chair. &#8220;I think it is a lot of anxiety, which I understand, but I don&#8217;t think the fainting instance is due to any ingredients in one vaccine versus another.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.13newsnow.com\/article\/news\/health\/coronavirus\/coronavirus-numbers\/cdc-anxiety-fainting-vaccination-sites\/275-4b9b2d70-64a2-45b5-845b-590fc127ad94\">Read the WCNC story.<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>NC Policy Watch reports the total number of vaccinations dropped\u00a0by 23%\u00a0over one week in April, an indication that North Carolina still faces challenges in achieving its vaccination goals. Now, the state Department of Health and Human Services wants to direct vaccination efforts toward neighborhoods where few people have gotten shots. David Wohl, MD, professor of &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/medicine\/news\/as-vaccination-rates-decline-dhhs-and-health-care-providers-trying-to-reach-rural-underserved-communities\/\" aria-label=\"Read more about Wohl Discusses the Decline in Vaccination Rates, Concerns For Lifting Rules, and the Start of Vaccine Trials For Young People\">Read more<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":69419,"featured_media":50063,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"layout":"","cellInformation":"","apiCallInformation":"","footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"categories":[100,2],"tags":[630],"class_list":["post-51769","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-infectious-diseases","category-news","tag-630","odd"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v26.8 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Wohl Discusses the Decline in Vaccination Rates, Concerns For Lifting Rules, and the Start of Vaccine Trials For Young People | Department of Medicine<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/medicine\/news\/as-vaccination-rates-decline-dhhs-and-health-care-providers-trying-to-reach-rural-underserved-communities\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Wohl Discusses the Decline in Vaccination Rates, Concerns For Lifting Rules, and the Start of Vaccine Trials For Young People | Department of Medicine\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"NC Policy Watch reports the total number of vaccinations dropped\u00a0by 23%\u00a0over one week in April, an indication that North Carolina still faces challenges in achieving its vaccination goals. 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