By DAVID WILLIAMS
WISH-TV | wishtv.com
When you’re ready for the COVID-19 vaccine, where do you go to get it?
Spring of next year, perhaps February or March, is when the U.S. government says you should start to see general public COVID-19 vaccinations. When you walk into a pharmacy to get that vaccine, you can expect it to be similar to getting a flu shot.
The United States is getting ready for the massive effort for millions of Americans. So, who is going to help with this? CVS Health and Walgreens.
Troy Brennan, executive vice president and chief medical officer of CVS Health, said, “Once we get into general distribution, I suspect that not only ourselves and Walgreens, but there’s going to be a number of other pharmacy chains and grocers will be involved in it. I think that when using all those various outlets, we’re going to have very good penetration across the United States.”
Walgreens said the vaccines will be available in all of its U.S. stores when approved for mass distribution. CVS Health also shared its plan to have the vaccine at all of its locations. Once they are up and running, a CVS Health spokesperson said, it can administer up to 25 million shots every month.