The Biden administration announced Tuesday it will begin direct shipments of coronavirus vaccines to retail pharmacies next week, expanding points of access for Americans to receive shots as concerns about variants of the virus expand.
“Millions of Americans turn to their local pharmacies every day for their medicines, flu shots, and much more. And pharmacies are readily accessible in most communities, with most Americans living within five miles of a pharmacy,” White House Covid-19 response coordinator Jeff Zients said in a briefing.
The program, which will begin rolling out February 11, will start at about 6,500 stores that will receive a total of 1 million doses before eventually expanding, Zients said.
(AP)
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I thought sending it to pharmacies was racist because they weren’t in African American and Latino communities
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I can’t believe Xiben administration had a sensible thought. So no more need for billions to set up vaccination centers, right? Let the pharmacies and hospitals and clinics vaccinate??
“they weren’t in African American and Latino communities”
Depends on where you are. Plenty of pharmacies in minority neighborhoods in NYC. Not necessarily so in other cities. Really a problem in rural areas.
Few have minus 80 freezers, though.
As someone here already commented, how many such places can properly store something at such low temperatures? But even further, what happens when someone who is not on the priorities list shows up for a shot?