Report: U.S. wasted 82-million COVID vaccine doses

(Atlanta, GA) -- More than 82-million doses of COVID vaccines reportedly have been thrown out since the end of 2020.

The CDC has shared with NBC News data showing that, from December 2020 through the middle of last month, pharmacies, states, U.S. territories, and federal agencies discarded 82-point-one million doses. That amounts to more than eleven-percent of the doses the federal government distributed.

The widespread waste is in large part because coronavirus vaccines come in multi-dose vials which all must be used within hours of the vials being opened.