Rolling Stone How Many Vaccine Shots Go to Waste?
Several states aren’t counting but how many are actually going in the trash?
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As reports emerge across the country of health facilities throwing out unused and spoiled Covid-19vaccines, some state governments are failing to track the wastage as required by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, leaving officials coordinating immunization efforts blind to exactly how many of the precious, limited doses are going into the trash and why.
by Ryan Gabrielson, Caroline Chen and Mollie Simon ProPublica is a nonprofit newsroom that investigates abuses of power. Sign up to receive our biggest stories as soon as they’re published. As reports emerge across the country of health facilities throwing out unused and spoiled COVID-19 vaccines, some state governments are failing to track the wastage as required by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, leaving officials coordinating.
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The Democratic Party, under the leadership of President-elect Joe Biden, has set as one of its key initiatives the reopening of in-class instruction for all public schools across the nation amid a ceaselessly raging pandemic. This remains the final hurdle in fully implementing the policy of herd immunity.
The $1.9 trillion economic rescue package being proposed to counter the economic downturn and COVID-19 crisis has earmarked $400 billion for vaccine rollout and “safe school reopening.” After decades of austerity and dismantling of the institutions of public health and education by both the Democrats and Republicans, promises to fund efforts that would require years of investment to sustain these critical programs simply ring hollow.
On Saturday (January 9, 2021), the country hit the 1-million mark for vaccines administered, when 78,793 more shots were given, which brought the number of doses to 1,020,349. Today, Sunday (January 10, 2021), 66,219 more doses were given, with the total vaccine doses in the country to 1,086,568. This pushed the national rate further up to 10.99/100 people [from 10.32/100 people on Saturday].
The UAE’s efforts are focused on vaccinating frontline workers, people of determination, and the high-risk group of people, which includes the elderly and those suffering from chronic diseases. It’s only a matter of time when the rest of the population will be covered by the vaccination programme.