Area health care orgs address delayed 2nd doses as supply falls short
Although “potentially worrisome,” a statement noted, delays of second doses weren’t a cause for concern in light of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s updated guidance reporting no loss of vaccine efficacy if patients waited up to six weeks, or 42 days, between doses. 4:00 am, Feb. 13, 2021 ×
Pharmacists Jayme VanRisseghem (left) and Robert Wennerstrand talk about COVID-19 vaccinations Friday, Feb. 12, at GuidePoint Pharmacy in Brainerd. Kelly Humphrey / Brainerd Dispatch
When Cheryl Kiehlbauch’s 85-year-old mother received a text message this week stating the appointment for her second dose of the COVID-19 vaccine would be delayed, she was crestfallen.