#Sharon LaFraniere-Short of Vaccine, States Find Hidden Stashes in Their Own Backyards

Richmond, Bhe. Small glass vials of the coronavirus vaccine began shutting down production lines last year, prompting federal health officials to hit nursing homes for the virus. Healthcare providers across the country also found it wise to stick to the scalp to make sure anyone who received the first dose of the vaccine received a second.

Two months later, it is clear that both strategies went on board.

Millions of dodgers are trapped in a logistical limbo, or set aside for needy or stored nursing homes while Americans walk in vain for their first dose. A national effort is now underway to control those national vaccines - and fortunately, strengthening the national vaccine provides significant growth. 

Virginia and other states began to repay the hard approach. The difference between the number of doses given to states and the number of injections is narrow: data from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention show that more than three-thirds of the doses given in end of January are being used, compared to less than half. Tracker

President Joe Biden is also pushing for faster vaccination - he is one of two federally authorized vaccine producers on Friday when he visited Pfizer's Kaligan construction plant in Milligan.

Federal officials estimate that about a million doses of the vaccine were kept unnecessary. Removing them could increase the number of doses used by more than 10% - while accelerating the nation’s vaccination program when the essence is to save lives, prevent disease and prevent the spread of more contagious viruses. To date, 56 million shots have been administered and only 12% of Americans have received one or more doses.

The idea that doses are sitting in cold storage has left millions of people on the waiting list, discouraging many government officials. The root of the problem is twofold.

First, when the federal vaccination program for long-term care facilities was delayed last year, the number of CDC beds was determined, although procurement rates are the lowest. in years. According to the American Health Care Association, a commercial group, only 1% of nursery home beds and 78% of support beds are filled.

The CDC then doubled the allocation to cover staff. But in the first month of the program, four-fifths of long-term care residents agreed to be vaccinated, with 63% of staff members refusing, the agency reported. Many agreed, though it is unclear how many more there are.

Despite the lack of consumers, the pharmacy chains that run the program continue to exploit their distribution by the federal government. At one time in Virginia, Awula said, they used less than 1 in every dose they had on hand.

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In New York, the Andrew Cuomo government has put pressure on the Biden administration to allow it to recover the extra 100,000 allocated to the federal long-term care program. In Michigan, Chief Medical Executive Dr. Jonih Khaldun, a nurse, is raiding the home’s dose that is locked in a “piggy bank” controlled by two pharmacy chains, CVS and Walgreens, on a federal initiative.

And in Virginia, the state’s vaccine coordinator, Dr. Danny Aula said he was “hitting and behaving on a single business floor” to rid the public of tens of thousands of doses.

Ula, a two-year-old pediatrician and preventive medicine doctor, came to work in early January, and most Virginians were on the waiting list for vaccinations and found that less than half state vaccines were actually being used as weapons.

The first cut basins for nursing homes until the stock ran out. He then proposed an agreement in talks with six state hospital systems: if they leave the glasses to save for the second dose, they would be guaranteed two doses later for each bottle they gave up.