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Yonnie3

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2. In my area of Virginia CVS was the only game in town for many

Reply to Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin (Original post)

Mon May 3, 2021, 07:05 PM

May 2021

The local health department may not have wasted shots, but they failed at giving eligible people appointments while they had significant inventories sitting in the freezer. Anal retentive comes to mind.

I've read that 99.9% of the pharmacies' vaccine ended up in peoples arms. Seems reasonable to me.

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CVS, Walgreens waste more COVID vaccine than most states combined, data shows [View all] Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin May 2021 OP

Odds trump org somehow profited off that? Roland99 May 2021 #1

In my area of Virginia CVS was the only game in town for many Yonnie3 May 2021 #2

This isn't great but consider that 200M shots have been given underpants May 2021 #8

It's because no one --like that logistics general who was supposed to -- ever made a distribution plan soothsayer May 2021 #3

Hmm . . . let me take a guess. Ms. Toad May 2021 #4

Private industry does it again. nt aocommunalpunch May 2021 #5

They had no incentive to do it right. halfulglas May 2021 #6

I understand that most conservatives believe private companies do things better, but ... dawg May 2021 #7

I went to CVS for mine and it was extremely well run. I have no complaints. boston bean May 2021 #9

I got mine at a private medical practice which did a fantastic job dsc May 2021 #10