Despite being highly contagious, there has been a surge in coronavirus cases across the United States Delta variant, The rate of American vaccination has slowed Hesitate to shoot It has already begun, causing hundreds of thousands of doses of COVID vaccine to expire and be discarded.
according to ABC NewsSeveral states have reported thousands of “wasted” doses of vaccines, many of which will expire as early as next week, and many more will expire at the end of August.
The exact dose not used in the United States is currently unclear, but many states report a large number of expired doses, even though their vaccination rates are still below the national average of about 50%.
according to Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, More than 167.1 million people were fully vaccinated against COVID-19, accounting for 50.3% of the total population of the United States.
A survey in July Caesars Family Foundation It was found that three out of ten adults have not been vaccinated, and one in ten of them said they want to “wait and watch” how the vaccine works for others before being vaccinated.
The survey also shows that 3% of respondents will only get Coronavirus disease vaccine If needed, 14% said they would definitely not get the opportunity. A total of 8% of adults said that they might be vaccinated before the end of 2021.
If there is no demand for vaccinations in the United States, millions of doses of vaccine have expired and will therefore be discarded. According to local reports, Alabama threw 65,000 doses, Iowa dumped 81,000 doses, and Georgia got rid of 110,000 doses, According to reports Business insider.
But the United States is not the only country that dumps lenses. According to local media reports, in Israel, 80,000 doses of vaccines expired at the end of July, and the government stated that Bulgaria is seeking to sell nearly 3 million doses of vaccines that expired last month. Washington post.
The Netherlands also has thousands of expired vaccines, and vaccines have been thrown away. The news media said that even in Africa, where only about 2% of the population has been vaccinated, more than 450,000 doses of vaccine will expire in early August.
Richard Mihigo, Immunization and Vaccine Development Coordinator World Health Organization The African regional office told the Washington Post, “Most vaccines that arrive have a short expiration date.”
Dr. Susan Hassig, associate professor of epidemiology at the Tulane University School of Public Health, told ABC News that as developing countries strive to obtain vaccines, vaccine waste is disappointing.
“We have this amazing scientific product to help protect us and help us curb this Pandemic, And it will be wasted. People and health workers in many countries desperately want to be vaccinated, and the vaccines in this country are expired and wasted every day. “
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