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NBC News reports:
Pharmacies, states, U.S. territories and federal agencies discarded 82.1 million Covid vaccine doses from December 2020 through mid-May — just over 11 percent of the doses the federal government distributed, according to data the CDC shared with NBC News.
Two retail pharmacy chains, CVS and Walmart, were responsible for over a quarter of the doses thrown away in the United States in that time period, in part due to the sheer volume of vaccine they handled.
The millions of wasted vaccine doses include some that expired on pharmacy shelves before they could be used, others that were spoiled by the thousands when power went out or freezers broke, and still others that were tossed at the end of the day when no one wanted the last few doses in an opened vial.
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The amount of vaccines discarded is in line with WHO estimates, but experts say the waste is still alarming at a time when less than half of fully vaccinated Americans have a booster shot. https://t.co/EL3muM3JsO
— NBC News (@NBCNews) June 6, 2022