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"It's frustrating," said Dr. Mary Jo Welker, head of the Department of Family Medicine at the Ohio State University Medical Center. "Physicians can't get their vaccine, but other places have theirs.
Other doctors are waiting, too, even though the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention recently assured Americans that supplies are plentiful this year.
Manufacturers work through distributors that favor large purchasers to meet contractual obligations. In some cases, contracts assess large penalties for missed delivery dates.
"Physicians can't get together to be large purchasers," said Dr. Larry Fields of Ashland, Ky., the academy president. "That would be considered antitrust."
"I've been calling every day for six weeks, and they keep telling me, ‘We don't know.' My staff was on the phone again this afternoon," he said yesterday.
"It makes no sense for Kroger, Wal-Mart and these other stores to be giving the vaccine to the general population before I am able to take care of my high-risk patients."
"He's in a wheelchair with polio and lung disease, and getting him out of the house is a problem," said Dean, 34. "The flu would put him in the hospital."
Courts depends on house calls from Dr. Larry Doss in Millersport for his care, but Doss is still waiting on the 100 doses he ordered this summer.
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"It's frustrating," said Dr. Mary Jo Welker, head of the Department of Family Medicine at the Ohio State University Medical Center. "Physicians can't get their vaccine, but other places have theirs.
Other doctors are waiting, too, even though the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention recently assured Americans that supplies are plentiful this year.
Manufacturers work through distributors that favor large purchasers to meet contractual obligations. In some cases, contracts assess large penalties for missed delivery dates.
"Physicians can't get together to be large purchasers," said Dr. Larry Fields of Ashland, Ky., the academy president. "That would be considered antitrust."
"I've been calling every day for six weeks, and they keep telling me, ‘We don't know.' My staff was on the phone again this afternoon," he said yesterday.
"It makes no sense for Kroger, Wal-Mart and these other stores to be giving the vaccine to the general population before I am able to take care of my high-risk patients."
"He's in a wheelchair with polio and lung disease, and getting him out of the house is a problem," said Dean, 34. "The flu would put him in the hospital."
Courts depends on house calls from Dr. Larry Doss in Millersport for his care, but Doss is still waiting on the 100 doses he ordered this summer.
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