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Some COVID vaccines expiring before being administered

Credit: KTNV Channel 13 Las Vegas
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Some COVID vaccines expiring before being administered
Some COVID vaccines expiring before being administered

Some doses of the COVID-19 vaccine are expiring and being thrown away before they can be given to people in high-priority groups.

So far more than 22m doses have been distributed nationwide according to the CDC.

THROWN AWAY BEFORE THEY CAN BEGIVEN TO PEOPLE INHIGH-PRIORITY GROUPS.SO FAR MORE THAN 22-MILLIONDOSES HAVE BEEN DISTRIBUTEDNATIONWIDE ACCORDING TO THECDC.BUT FEWER THAN SEVEN-MILLIONPEOPLE HAVE RECEIVED THE FIRSTDOSE.SOME HOSPITALS ARE FORCED TOTHROW AWAY VACCINES THATQUICKLY EXPIRED ONCE THEY WERETAKEN OUT OF COLD STORAGE."THE ISSUE IS NOT THE SUPPLY OFTHE VACCINE, THE ISSUE IS NOTBEING ABLE TO GET ENOUGH PEOPLEINJECTED WITH THE VACCINE.""THIS IS SUCH A PRECIOUSRESOURCE AND REALLY THISWASTING SHOULD NOT BE TOLERATEDAT ALL."SOME EXPERTS SUGGEST GIVING THEEXTRA DOSING TO ANYONEAVAILABLE--- INSTEAD OF WAITINGFOR HIGH RISK GROUPS, SO THEDOSES AREN'T WASTED.HEADS UP IF YOU NEED TO GET A

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