Investigation: Are Bay Area vaccine sites giving out extra shots?
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FEMA employees assist walk-in vaccination appointments at an entrance to the COVID-19 mass vaccination site opened to the public at the Oakland-Alameda Coliseum Complex in Oakland, Calif. on Feb. 16, 2021. The site is expected to deliver up to 6,000 shots of COVID-19 vaccine a day.Douglas Zimmerman/SFGATE
While demand for the COVID-19 vaccine is surging amid scarce supply, stories are flying around about pharmacies, hospitals and mass vaccination sites passing out excess doses to people who just happen to be at the right place at the right time. There is also a lot of talk about waiting lists that vaccination sites use when they need to dispense doses at risk of expiring.