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Ports around the U.S. are rolling out vaccines for seafarers, extending a lifeline to thousands of mostly foreign workers who ve spent the pandemic isolated aboard ships ensuring goods kept trading across a battered global economy.
From Boston to Houston and Los Angeles, and even in smaller trade gateways like Gulfport, Miss., local health officials and nonprofits are boarding container ships, tankers and other cargo carriers to administer COVID-19 shots or, when possible, shuttling crews to nearby pharmacies and clinics.
The preferred vaccine for maritime workers: the one-dose Johnson & Johnson shot, because they re often docked for just a day or two.
However, we are hearing from readers that it s not working this way for everyone.
A spokesperson told us on Feb. 10 that someone from the Ralphs Pharmacy team should reach out to you with a second dose appointment as we get closer to the timeframe for when the second dose should be administered (usually around 4 weeks).
Ralphs guarantees second doses to anyone who got their first shot through the grocery store, according to a spokesperson.
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