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Area pharmacies question if Walgreens, CVS, have staff power to vaccinate nursing homes


By Todd Epp
(Creative Commons photo via Pxhere)
DES MOINES, Iowa (KELO.com) Some local pharmacists question whether CVS and Walgreens have enough staffing to quickly administer COVID-19 vaccinations to Iowa’s nursing home residents by themselves, especially in the state’s hard-to-reach rural areas.
Iowa state officials and company representatives said they believe there are enough pharmacists and technicians to equitably reach all of the state’s long-term care facilities. But independent pharmacists said the national chains’ mass hiring initiatives and efforts to poach already-employed workers point otherwise.
A flyer from a CVS Health manager who was trying to recruit pharmacists in Des Moines. ....

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Pharmacies question nursing home vaccine plans


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A vial of the Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine is drawn into a syringe, Monday, Dec. 14, 2020, on the 12th floor of the University of Iowa Stead Family Children s Hospital in Iowa City, Iowa.
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Pharmacies question nursing home vaccine plans
By Linh Ta
Iowa Capital Dispatch
Dec 18, 2020
Dec 18, 2020
A vial of the Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine is drawn into a syringe, Monday, Dec. 14, 2020, on the 12th floor of the University of Iowa Stead Family Children s Hospital in Iowa City, Iowa.
Joseph Cress/Iowa City Press-Citizen via AP
This story was originally published by the Iowa Capital Dispatch, and can be read on their website here. ....

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