One week into distribution, pharmacies have a familiar request: ‘We just need more vaccines’
The rollout of Covid-19 vaccines to retail pharmacies had just begun and Lisa Foster of Dublin, Ohio, felt like she was “playing a slot machine” to secure an appointment online to get vaccinated anywhere she could: Kroger, Walgreens, CVS or Giant Eagle.
Then, she “hit the jackpot” she got an appointment to receive the Pfizer/BioNTech vaccine at her local Walgreens two days later, on February 10.
Foster, 65, returned immediately to the Walgreens website to schedule an appointment for her husband, but all remaining appointments had been taken.
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US pharmacies see high Covid-19 vaccine demand outweigh inventory
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