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Wisconsin Examiner Madison has been selected as the hub for regional vaccine distribution. (Photo of by John Maniaci, UW Health). Florence County is one of just 110 counties nationwide without a retail pharmacy capable of providing immunization services. Five other rural counties in Wisconsin have just one such pharmacy. The availability of several COVID-19 vaccine access points will be important for immunizing people in the hard-to-reach rural corners of the country, yet hundreds of counties donât have adequate access to retail pharmacies, according to a policy brief from the RUPRI Center for Rural Health Policy Analysis at the University of Iowa. ....