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Brian Caswell, owner of Wolkar Drug in Baxter Springs, Kansas, has been eager for his independent pharmacy to help with the COVID-19 vaccine rollout.
He bought a specially equipped freezer for storage purposes, certified additional employees to administer vaccines and bought scheduling software to gear up for the push.
“Everybody stepped up to do everything that the CDC asked,” he said. “The only thing that we couldn’t get was vaccines.”
Drugstore giants CVS and Walgreens and big-box stores such as Walmart and Kroger got most of the vaccines from the initial allotment devoted to retail pharmacies, independent pharmacists said.
Local pharmacies say they need more COVID-19 vaccines as CVS, Walgreens ramp up shots Nathan Bomey, USA TODAY
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Brian Caswell, owner of Wolkar Drug in Baxter Springs, Kansas, has been eager for his independent pharmacy to help with the COVID-19 vaccine rollout.
He bought a specially equipped freezer for storage purposes, certified additional employees to administer vaccines and bought scheduling software to gear up for the push.
“Everybody stepped up to do everything that the CDC asked,” he said. “The only thing that we couldn’t get was vaccines.”
Drugstore giants CVS and Walgreens and big-box stores such as Walmart and Kroger got most of the vaccines from the initial allotment devoted to retail pharmacies, independent pharmacists said.
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