Several days into this next vaccination wave, some pharmacies are facing challenges in serving the youngest part of the newly approved population.
Born into a pandemic world, Chalie Hancock will soon be more protected than ever before. On Wednesday, he was just an appointment at Capitol Heights Pharmacy away.
While an easy decision for his parents, getting to this point wasn’t easy for some pharmacies like Capitol Heights. Their biggest headache ahead of offering children the vaccine was a federal rule called the Public Readiness and Emergency Preparedness Act, which prohibits pharmacies from administering a vaccine to a child under 3.
“We were able to get a physician to sign off on an individual protocol for us to go down to six months, and that’s how we’re giving vaccines now,” she said.
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