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halfulglas

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6. They had no incentive to do it right.

Reply to Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin (Original post)

Mon May 3, 2021, 07:29 PM

May 2021

They paid nothing for the product (the vaccine doses) but got to charge the government for each injection given, and the supply keeps coming in. This is public-private partnerships in action. How is anyone suprised? I'm only surpised by the size of the waste.

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CVS, Walgreens waste more COVID vaccine than most states combined, data shows [View all] Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin May 2021 OP

Odds trump org somehow profited off that? Roland99 May 2021 #1

In my area of Virginia CVS was the only game in town for many Yonnie3 May 2021 #2

This isn't great but consider that 200M shots have been given underpants May 2021 #8

It's because no one --like that logistics general who was supposed to -- ever made a distribution plan soothsayer May 2021 #3

Hmm . . . let me take a guess. Ms. Toad May 2021 #4

Private industry does it again. nt aocommunalpunch May 2021 #5

They had no incentive to do it right. halfulglas May 2021 #6

I understand that most conservatives believe private companies do things better, but ... dawg May 2021 #7

I went to CVS for mine and it was extremely well run. I have no complaints. boston bean May 2021 #9

I got mine at a private medical practice which did a fantastic job dsc May 2021 #10