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A failed freezer forced an overnight dash to give out more than 1,600 doses of the coronavirus vaccine Hannah Knowles A line stretches for several blocks outside UW Medicine–Northwest in Seattle on Jan. 29 after a freezer failure prompted an all-night covid-19 vaccination clinic. (Evan Bush /The Seattle Times/AP) The last shots were given at about 3:45 a.m., out on the street, with literally no time to spare. All night, staff and volunteers with Seattle’s Swedish Health Services had been rushing to administer hundreds of doses of the coronavirus vaccine set to expire early in the morning after a freezer malfunction. Finally, they had only a few dozen shots left and about 15 minutes to get them into people’s arms.