April 24, 2021

At least seven vaccination sites across the U.S. are closing amid falling demand for COVID-19 shots.

A Kaiser Family Foundation report warned this week that the U.S. is approaching a 'tipping point': most people who were eager to get vaccinated already have been.

As of Friday, just shy of 42 percent of Americans - and nearly 53 percent of adults 18 and older - have had at least one dose of vaccine.

More than 35 percent of adults are fully vaccinated, or about 27.5 percent of the population.

Some 20 percent of the U.S. population is considered 'vaccine hesitant.' It's not entirely clear what is driving the current drop-off in daily vaccination rates ahead of the U.S. reaching 80 percent of eligible people getting vaccinated - but it seems to be widespread.

After rising to more than three million a day for at least a week, the seven-day rolling average of daily vaccinations is now below that figure, according to data from both Bloomberg and the CDC.

Some of the sites, like a mass vaccination site at Cal State in Los Angeles, California, were only slated to be open for an eight-week window after being installed by the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA).

But others, like a mass vaccination site in Summit County, Colorado, are closing voluntarily and earlier than expected due to 'decreased demand' for vaccines.

Closures are also happening in Ohio, Nevada, Florida, Texas and California . . .

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