Sofia MoutinhoScience’s COVID-19 reporting is supported by the Heising-Simons Foundation.Piled up in hospital storage closets—and even in boxes donated to an animal shelter—sit syringes the U.S.
government has provided to administer COVID-19 vaccines. They’ve been set aside because they're not effective at extracting all available shots from the multidose vials supplied by vaccinemakers.It became clear in December 2020 that Pfizer's and Moderna's vaccine vials included more than the number of doses displayed on their labels.
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) soon authorized shot-givers to pull out at least one extra dose if they could. But vaccination sites say they are still receiving equipment kits from the federal government's.