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Healthcare providers across the US fear legal trouble for giving away unclaimed COVID shots.
Many of them are giving the vaccines away to avoid waste before they expire.
Medical groups and local authorities want
better guidance and flexibility on vaccine distribution.
Doctors and other healthcare workers are finding themselves straddling a confusing line between making sure no COVID vaccine goes to waste, and committing potential crimes if they give away unclaimed shots.
When people don t show up for their vaccine appointments, pharmacists and doctors are stuck with extra doses that could end up in the trash if not used before their short shelf-life runs out.
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. (Tribune News Service) The note on a Washington, D.C., apartment building’s online message board looked enticing: “Anyone want a COVID vaccine? I have an extra Pfizer. Minimal side effects. I’m an RN. $500 OBO.” People in Chicago are reporting phone calls offering a vaccine appointment if they provide a prepaid gift card, their Social Security number and other personal information. And in Colorado, scammers are using party invitation software and sites on the dark web to offer phony vaccine appointments for a small fee, of course. Americans are desperate to get COVID-19 vaccines, but supplies are scarce and the distribution has been chaotic and confusing. That combination has created a huge opportunity for scammers who want to part customers from their money or personal information.
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Scammers Seize on Frustration, Chaos of Vaccine Rollout
Allegheny Health Network employees give COVID-19 vaccines at a clinic at Pittsburgh Pirates PNC Park. Vaccine scam artists are offering false hope to people desperate for vaccines after nearly a year in quarantine.
Matt Freed
Pittsburgh Post-Gazette via The Associated Press
The note on a Washington, D.C., apartment building’s online message board looked enticing: “Anyone want a COVID vaccine? I have an extra Pfizer. Minimal side effects. I’m an RN. $500 OBO.”
People in Chicago are reporting phone calls offering a vaccine appointment if they provide a prepaid gift card, their Social Security number and other personal information.