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NC retirement communities claim CDC removed them from vaccine program without notification.
Brian Gordon
USA TODAY NETWORK
For months, Marcia Goldstein of Waynesville thought her 94-year old mother, Maxine Goldstein, would get a COVID-19 vaccine at Bella Vista Gracious Retirement Living, her retirement community in Asheville.
Bella Vista’s management did too.
But within the past week, both said they were surprised to learn Bella Vista wouldn’t receive any vaccines.
“I got desperate, I got frustrated, I got scared for my mother,” Marcia said upon hearing the news. “She’s not a spring chicken.”
Marcia and Maxine had been told Bella Vista was part of the CDC Pharmacy Partnership Program for Long-term Care, which has contracted CVS and Walgreens to administer vaccines in long-term care facilities across most states, including North Carolina.