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With the shortage of vaccines and many people desperately scrambling to find one, this is painful.
Twenty-one shipments of Moderna's vaccine were spoiled because of temperature-control issues during delivery to Michigan, the Detroit Free Press reports. It is believed the vials got too cold.
The vaccine's distributor, McKesson Corp., notified the state that the majority of the 11,900 doses in the shipments are not usable.
"Recently we were made aware that a number of Moderna vaccines that were shipped to Michigan were not kept at the appropriate temperature and thus we couldn't use them," Gov. Gretchen Whitmer said at a Tuesday afternoon news conference.
"That frustrates me when I know we are in a race and every vaccine matters. But that's not something that I could control; it's not the state of Michigan's fault. ... I'm certain that people who had appointments scheduled at facilities that were supposed to get those particular shots were frustrated because they weren't able to get them."
