Milwaukee vaccinated Bucks fans this weekend. But don’t expect shots at Sixers or Flyers games.

In Philadelphia and across the country, a decline in demand for the COVID-19 vaccine has pushed local health departments to get creative.

New Jersey announced Monday that 12 breweries across the state will offer a free beer to those who roll up their sleeves and get a shot. West Virginia is giving a $100 savings bond to everyone between ages 16 and 30 who gets vaccinated. New York City is offering vaccinations at the American Museum of Natural History in a selfie-friendly spot under the famed life-size model of a blue whale.

Beyond access barriers, people remain hesitant to getting inoculated for a variety of reasons, despite the overwhelming evidence of the safety and effectiveness of the COVID-19 vaccines. Some are motivated by politics and a distrust of the government, for example, while others are simply afraid of needles. The lack of specific data on vaccine hesitancy, especially on the local level, makes it difficult to predict what will work and what won’t.

In Milwaukee, Bucks fans had the opportunity to get vaccinated while attending Sunday’s game against the Brooklyn Nets. The city’s health department was prepared to vaccinate a couple hundred people at two sites — one in a community area at Fiserv Forum, and another outside.

The result? Just 71 people got shots, and many people attending the game had already been vaccinated, according to Emily Tau, a spokesperson for the Milwaukee Health Department.

“While we are obviously aiming to vaccinate as many people as possible, right now the focus is bringing the vaccine to as many places and events in the community as we can to make it super convenient for our residents,” Tau said.

During an event with the Flyers on Monday touting the team’s vaccine-promotion campaign, Gov. Tom Wolf seemed optimistic about the idea of offering vaccinations at sporting events in Pennsylvania.

“We’re looking for all kinds of ways to get people to overcome the hesitancy,” Wolf said, moments after sharing an elbow bump with Gritty.

But don’t expect to get a shot at a Phillies or Sixers game anytime soon: Philadelphia isn’t planning on offering vaccines at sporting events, according to Department of Public Health spokesperson James Garrow. While the city has tried to be a bit creative in its vaccine rollout, including clinics that featured popular Flyers mascot Gritty, health officials are finding that gimmicks and selfies aren’t the best way to reach those less-than-eager to get a shot.

“It’s neat to be able to go see Gritty, but it’s not a primary driver of interest in getting vaccinated,” Garrow said. “Everything we’re seeing with our vaccine sites is people are going to places they know that are closer to home and easy to get to.”

As of Monday, about 36% of Philadelphia’s eligible population was fully vaccinated against the virus, according to data from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. But Philadelphia reported administering just more than 28,000 first doses last week, a nearly 46% drop from the week before.

According to Garrow, the decline in vaccinations has been steepest at the city’s two FEMA-run mass vaccination clinics — at the Pennsylvania Convention Center and at Esperanza in North Philadelphia — which the city is committed to keeping open until May 25.

Instead, officials are working to shift resources to smaller clinics and expand the number of providers across the city, which Garrow said have seen less of a drop-off. That includes expanding the number of pop-up events with groups like the Black Doctors COVID-19 Consortium and converting a truck outfitted to conduct COVID-19 tests into a mobile vaccination clinic.

“No one goes out of their way to get a flu shot. If we can make it as easy as possible, more people will decide to get vaccinated,” Garrow said.

Staff writer Erin McCarthy contributed to this article.