EYECARE: Coronavirus BRIEFING: Crisis Response Tactics More Than 82 Million COVID Vaccine Doses Wasted in U.S.: Report By Staff Tuesday, June 7, 2022 7:58 AM The U.S. threw out 82.1 million COVID-19 vaccine doses between December 2020 and mid-May 2022, tossing about 11 percent of the doses distributed.Pharmacies, states, territories, and federal agencies got rid of doses that expired on shelves before they could be used, that spoiled when the power went out or freezers broke, and that were tossed at the end of the day when no one used the remaining doses in an opened vial, according to NBC News.The overall number of discarded doses falls in line with public health estimates for large vaccination campaigns using multidose vials, according to the World Health Organization’s vaccine wastage rates calculator. But public health experts have said the waste is still alarming when 53 percent of fully vaccinated Americans haven’t gotten a booster shot. Head over to WebMD to read the full story.