Louisiana state leaders and health professionals are urging people to stop double booking COVID vaccine appointments, as some people are reserving a time to get their COVID shot at one place, then going back and booking a second one somewhere else.
Hospital administrators around the state said it is becoming a problem because once a vaccine is drawn, officials only have a very limited time to get it in somebody’s arm or else it could be wasted. For the Pfizer vaccine, you have six hours, but for the Moderna vaccine, you only have two hours. That’s why they are asking people to only make one appointment, so vaccine officials can be prepared and limit the number of no-shows.
