Covid-19 Vaccines Are Wasted as Special Syringes Run Short

May 7, 2021

(Wall Street Journal) – Vaccine administrators say they aren’t receiving enough special syringes needed to extract every last dose of Covid-19 shots from vials, a problem at risk of worsening because manufacturers project that domestic production won’t improve until the second half of this year. Eight states and multiple local health departments and healthcare providers say that kits they receive from the federal government to administer vaccines contain an insufficient number of so-called low-dead-space syringes designed to minimize wasted doses.