Birmingham-based MainStreet Family Care, which has clinics across Alabama and Georgia including Alexander City, is having to make the choice in some of its clinics between wasting doses and not following ADPH allocation guidelines to the letter.

Last week, MainStreet rolled out COVID-19 vaccinations at all of its clinics, with each clinic receiving about 900 Moderna vaccine doses on Dec. 29. While the Moderna vaccine lasts six months frozen and 30 days thawed, the vaccine comes in vials of 10 doses which, once punctured, only last six hours.