This week on Flashpoint, WCNC's Ben Thompson talks to Mecklenburg County Health Director, Dr. Raynard Washington about the county’s response to monkeypox. Mecklenburg County still has a long waitlist for those who want the Monkeypox vaccine, despite a shipment of 2,000 doses earlier this week.

But there's good news. Washington said he expects his department will be receiving routine shipments of the vaccine going forward.  

Ben and Dr. Washington later address the latest with COVID in Mecklenburg County.

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