30 doses of the vaccine go bad because they can't find enough "eligible" recipients

[IcyPeas]

Exactly.. we've had a year to figure this out.

Just talked to a pharmacist in the panhandle who’s currently watching 30 doses of the vaccine go bad because they can’t find enough “eligible” recipients. We had a year to figure this out

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[MustLoveBeagles]

1. People will die because of this

[flamingdem]

2. A doctor in Michigan on msnbc said the same - in a rural area they can't find takers

for the vaccine.

Ridiculous.

Also, maybe too many doses were sent to GOP strongholds where - they are anti-vaxxers!

[ShazzieB]

8. This makes me rage!!!

I literally cannot WAIT to get that vaccine. I've been bummed out enough that there's not nearly enough to go around for people like me and my husband who really want it. And now I hear there are doses going to waste because there are jackholes who are stupid enough to turn it down? GRRRRR!!!

[cwydro]

12. It's not just GOPers who refuse the vaccine.

There's a least one DUer pounding the anti-vac drum.

[Retrograde]

3. Jared strikes again!

Wasn't he in charge of the coronavirus task force? Or did he push that off onto Pence when he got bored and/or couldn't find a way to profit?

[Karma13612]

10. I thought it was Pence

This makes me positively sick. Hubby and I are eager to get the vaccine at 73 and 66 respectively.

[Skittles]

4. maskholes?

[Rhiannon12866]

5. What about those elderly residents who waited overnight in line in the cold?

Terrible organization, blame goes straight to the top!

Elderly forced to sleep in lawn chairs to queue for vaccines in Florida amid chaotic first-come-first-served rollout
https://www.democraticunderground.com/100214780188

[RandySF]

6. What. The. Fuck?

[Dark n Stormy Knight]

7. Reminiscent of how some lifeboats on the Titanic were lowered half empty.

[quakerboy]

9. It they'd only created artificial scarcity

Under reported how much would be available. Make it seem like the PS5.. expensive and hard to get.. and then see how many of the dubious scream to get it ASAP.

[yaesu]

11. This is going to happen,, the red tape damned if you do damned if you don't

The vaccine is very temp sensitive, they can only give the vaccine to a determined group of people now, if they used the vaccine on whomever they could get their hands on & these people weren't a part of the initial treatment group they would be in hot water also. Not making excuses for them, they obviously made a mistake not planning ahead better & its a mistake that is going to happen, a lot, across the country. Its an imperfect system dealing with an imperfect product.

[TheFarseer]

13. Most people just assume they

are back of the line for vaccine and don’t bother checking on that. The people that do check are being told to hang tight. Why not tell some of them to come on down and get the shot if it’s going to waste? What a tragedy!

[uponit7771]

14. 👍

[William769]

15. Tell him to send it to lee County.

We have seniors standing in line overnight & many of them are being turned away! One of our vaccine sites had a line a mile long! It's Horrifying how this is being handled in Florida.

[jmowreader]

18. What qualifies as eligible?

At this point it might be best to hang up a sign “you want it, you get it until I run out.”

[Autumn]

19. My doctors office called yesterday. They are setting up the list for their vaccinations

for the chronic care to go first and the over 65. She said she's been hearing from some patients for the last couple of months that they won't get the vaccine because they don't trust it. I told her name the date I'll be there but I would also rather they consider vaccinating younger people who are looking out for their parents, like my daughters who do the shopping so I don't have to go out. I think that rather than watching the vaccine go bad they should offer it to others even if they aren't “eligible”.