(NPR) Pharmacist Arrested, Accused Of Destroying More Than 500 Moderna Vaccine Doses

Pharmacist Arrested, Accused Of Destroying More Than 500 Moderna Vaccine Doses

Grafton, Wis., police officials said the now-fired pharmacist admitted he removed the vials of the Moderna vaccine from refrigeration to render them useless.

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Pharmacist Arrested, Accused Of Destroying More Than 500 Moderna Vaccine Doses

The now-fired hospital employee later said he knew “that people who received the vaccinations would think they had been vaccinated against the virus when in fact they were not,” investigators said.