Alabama Health Official Says 65,000 Vaccine Doses Have Gone to Waste

Scott Harris, Alabama's State Health Officer, discusses his state's vaccination data in his office in Montgomery, Ala., on June 29, 2021.Elijah Nouvelage/AFP/Getty Images

Alabama State Health Officer Dr. Scott Harris says that 65,511 doses of vaccines against COVID-19 have gone to waste in the state, as it grapples with a surge in cases and seeks to boost vaccine uptake.

At an Aug. 6 briefing, Harris said the Alabama Department of Public Health’s COVID-19 daily case graph is “almost vertical at this point.”