'Having another resource is incredible': Doses arrive from Federal Retail Pharmacy Program
Ashland Pharmacy received its first doses from the federal program Thursday
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Updated: 10:21 PM CST Feb 11, 2021
Ashland Pharmacy received its first doses from the federal program Thursday
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Updated: 10:21 PM CST Feb 11, 2021
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ADMINISTERED, IT IS MORE LIKELY DUE TO OTHER UNDERLYING FACTORS." ROB: ONE MORE HEADLINE FROM DHHS, THE FEDERAL RETAIL PHARMACY PROGRAM STARTS TOMORROW. 36 LOCATIONS ARE SET UP AROUND THE STATE. ONE LOCAL PHARMACY JUST GOT ITS DOSES TODAY. KETV NEWSWATCH 7’S ALEXANDRA STONE HAS THIS NEW REPORT FROM ASHLAND. ALEXANDRA: PHARMACIST STACI HUBERT WAITED FOR A VERY IMPORTANT DELIVERY ALL WEEK. HUBERT: I WAS TRACKING IT. ALEXANDRA: HUBERT OWNS ASHLAND PHARMACY, ONE OF THE NEBRASKA LOCATIONS SET TO RECEIVE THE FIRST SHIPMENT OF COVID-19 VACCINES THROUGH THE FEDER RETAIL PHARMACY PROGRAM. THURSDAY MORNING THE DOSES ARRIVED VIA FED-EX. HUBERT: HE WALKED IN WITH THE BOX AND I’M LIKE, WE GOT IT. ALEXANDRA: THE PRECIOUS CARGO COMES IN A COUPLE UNASSUMING BOXES HUBERT: YOU GET ALL THE SYRINGES AND ALL THE EXTRA STUFF. ALEXANDRA: AND THEN THERE’S THE VACCINE ITSELF. HUBERT: THAT’S 100 DOSES. ALEXANDRA: THOSE 100 DOSES COME IN ADDITION TO ALLOCATION ASHLAND PHARMACY GETS FROM THE STATE. AND THAT’S THE GOAL OF THIS FEDERAL PROGRAM, INCREASE THE NUMBER OF DOSES AT PHARMACIE AND REDUCE LOGISTICAL BURDENS ON STATE AND LOCAL HEALTH DEPARTMENTS. HUBERT: NOW WITH THE FEDERAL WE’RE GOING TO BE ABLE TO NOT ONLY TAKE CARE OF ALL OF OUR PATIENTS BUT THEN START WORKING OUT IN OUR COMMUNITY. WE WERE HAPPY TO GET IT FROM THE COUNTY BUT JUST HAVING ANOTHER RESOURCE IS INCREDIBLE. ALEXANDRA: HUBERT SAYS THEY’LL START GIVING SHOTS FROM THIS FEDERAL ALLOTMENT ON FRIDAY. GOOD TIMING, AS THE PHARMACY USED THE LAST OF ITS WEEKLY DOSES FROM THE STATE THURSDAY AFTERNOON. HOW ARE YOU FEELING? JACKIE: FINE. IT WAS NO BIG DEAL. I DIDN’T EVEN FEEL THE SHOT. ALEXANDRA: THERE’S HOPE IN THE AIR AS PEOPLE GET THEIR SHOTS. BETTE: I WAS VERY EXCITED BECAUSE I’VE BEEN CHOMPING AT THE BIT TO HAVE IT AND THIS IS LIKE CHRISTMAS DAY FOR ME. ALEXANDRA: AND A FEELING THAT THINGS WE’VE ALL MISSED OUT ON THIS PAST YEAR MAY BE RIGHT AROUND THE CORNER. >> PROBABLY START CRYING. I JUST WANT TO HANG WITH MY FAMILY MY GRANDKIDS ’CAUSE I JUST REALLY MISS THEM. ALEXANDRA: AS PHARMACIES, LIKE HUBERTS MANAGE SHIPMENTS, SCHEDULING AND SHOTS THEY TOO ARE READY FOR THE PANDEMIC TO BE IN THE REAR VIEW. >> IT’S SO NICE TO SEE THE SMILES ON THEIR FACES AND THE KIND OF TH