Federal officials estimate that as many as six million vaccine doses are still being unnecessarily stowed away. So far, 56 million shots have been administered, and only 12 percent of Americans have received one or more doses. The idea that doses are sitting in cold storage while millions of people languish on waiting lists has deeply frustrated government officials. based allotments on the number of beds, even though occupancy rates are the lowest in years. At one point in Virginia, Dr. Avula said, they had used fewer than one in every three doses they had on hand.

Source: New York Times February 19, 2021 08:00 UTC