Bloomberg Law
Jan. 8, 2021, 10:42 PM

Gaps Feared if Hospitals, Pharmacies Sole Covid Vaccine Source

Jeannie Baumann
Jeannie Baumann
Reporter
Jacquie Lee
Jacquie Lee
Reporter

The U.S.'s vaccine distribution plan relies too heavily on hospitals and chain drug stores to ensure everyone in the country has access, the head of the National Urban League said.

Drug store representatives say they are up to the task once enough vaccines are available to distribute widely. But that claim may be hard to back up. There are about 40,000 drug stores signed up to participate in an expanded vaccine rollout that started this week.

With hundreds of millions of Americans needing shots, each retail location would have to immunize thousands of people. Having so many people dependent on ...

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