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The Pfizer vaccine is administered by graduate nurse Jodi Mormon last month at Maui Memorial Medical Center. The Maui News / MATTHEW THAYER photo
As Hawaii leaders discussed ramping up vaccination efforts across the state Tuesday, Maui residents continued to wonder why their only community vaccination sites have been closing down to first doses.
“A lot of us want to know, if we are having our vaccine appointments canceled due to the lack of vaccine, why are the mass vaccination taking place,” Kahului senior citizen John Buck said via email Tuesday. “I feel the individuals who have appointments should receive vaccinations before the mass distribution.”