wastage
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The country is swimming in vaccines—so much so, in fact, that experts are warning it may lead to more wastage as supply begins to significantly outstrip demand.
One of them has been the wastage of vaccine doses in transport, storage, or in clinic.
While there is no centralized database of vaccine wastage rates globally, some countries collect the data piecemeal, and major wastage events are sometimes reported in local news outlets.
The federal Vaccines for Children program, which provides kids with shots regardless of their family’s ability to pay, has an expected wastage rate of 5%, she says.
Vaccine waitlist Dr. B collected data from millions. But how many did it help? | Mia Sato | May 24, 2021 | MIT Technology ReviewIn Indiana, where hospitals have told the media about discarding some shots, the state Health Department said it requires wastage to be reported but wasn’t able to tell ProPublica how many doses have been tossed statewide.
How Many Vaccine Shots Go to Waste? Several States Aren’t Counting. | by Ryan Gabrielson, Caroline Chen and Mollie Simon | January 21, 2021 | ProPublica
This is the first and principal point at which we can stanch the wastage of teaching energy that now goes on.
The Salvaging Of Civilisation | H. G. (Herbert George) WellsSeen in this light, infant mortality and the cruel wastage of disease were viewed with complacence.
The Unsolved Riddle of Social Justice | Stephen LeacockAnd America continued rich and fat until the World War wastage shrank her to skin and bones again.
The Iron Puddler | James J. DavisEvery hour of youth is precious and this wastage is unspeakably expensive.
How to Analyze People on Sight | Elsie Lincoln Benedict and Ralph Paine BenedictWe have finished what we have to say about the use of food for the repair of bodily wastage.
Physiology | Ernest G. Martin
British Dictionary definitions for wastage
/ (ˈweɪstɪdʒ) /
anything lost by wear or waste
the process of wasting
reduction in size of a workforce by retirement, voluntary resignation, etc (esp in the phrase natural wastage)
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