Tennessee cuts Shelby County out of vaccine distribution; Memphis, hospitals and pharmacies will administer doses Micaela A Watts, Corinne S Kennedy, Katherine Burgess and Samuel Hardiman, Memphis Commercial Appeal
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Due to waste and inefficiencies, the state of Tennessee is cutting the Shelby County Health Department out of the vaccine distribution process and will instead send doses to the city of Memphis, local hospitals and pharmacies.
The Tennessee Department of Health said the county wasted a total of 2,400 doses across seven separate incidents over the month of February. Spoilage of that magnitude could also trigger a federal investigation, state officials said.
SAN FRANCISCO – Nearly a year into a life-altering pandemic, many Americans are fed up with wearing masks, desperate for a return to normalcy and numb to the relentless stream of grim numbers, such as the 500,000 COVID-19 deaths the USA surpassed Monday.
Health care workers don’t want to hear any of that.
They have been working endless hours amid constant death and suffering, forsaking time off and exposing themselves to the disease, leaving them exhausted and with no real indication of when the pandemic will relent.
“There’s definitely some tangible fatigue on the health care workers’ side, being sick of COVID and sick of people disregarding public health guidance, getting sick and expecting us to defer another vacation or put off something else,” said Eric Cioe-Peña, an emergency room physician running a COVID-19 field hospital in Staten Island, New York.
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SCHD opening more appointments for second COVID-19 vaccines By WMC Action News 5 Staff | February 20, 2021 at 5:45 PM CST - Updated February 20 at 6:34 PM
MEMPHIS, Tenn. (WMC) -Shelby County Health Department is opening more appointments for second COVID-19 vaccine doses.
The health department said the new appointments are available for anyone who hasn’t scheduled a second-shot appointment.
Anyone needing the Pfizer or Moderna vaccine can make appointments for the Appling Inspection Site at 2355 Appling City Cove on Monday, Feb. 22.
Slots are not available for people who had an appointment that was rescheduled due to weather, SCHD said.
All appointments that were canceled by inclement weather will be rescheduled for the week of February 23-27 at the same time and original location.
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