In Mecklenburg County, 42% of all positive coronavirus cases were in people 20 to 39.
“I'm not saying all of them, but a lot of them, their attitude has been I’m not going to get very sick it doesn't matter. I can do what I want to when I want to," Health Director Gibbie Harris said at an event on Tuesday.
Harris told WCNC she doesn't want to generalize all young people, and is grateful many have followed the protocols, but she is concerned these trends will spill over into vaccination rates.
“Our young population really does not see the need. And so, when we get to the point where they need to be vaccinated and have that available to them, we're going to need everybody encouraging them to follow through and get vaccinated,” she said on Tuesday.
In North Carolina, those 18 to 24-years old make up 2.2% of the people who have been vaccinated so far. And people 25 to 49-years old make up 20.2% of those vaccinated. That's partly because the only people in those age groups who are eligible must be health care or long-term care facility workers, school employees and front-line essential workers.
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