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Walgreens and CVS responsible for majority of wasted coronavirus vaccines: Report

By Jeremy Beaman
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Walgreens and CVS responsible for majority of wasted coronavirus vaccines: Report

Pharmacy giants Walgreens and CVS reportedly oversaw the waste of most of the country’s soiled coronavirus vaccine doses as of late March.

Of 182,874 spoiled vaccines recorded by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention by March 30, CVS was responsible for about half and Walgreens was responsible for 21%, according to CDC data reported by Kaiser Health News. The two companies together reportedly accounted for nearly 128,500 wasted shots.

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