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Because UHS originally obtained more units of the vaccine than it needed for its number of high-risk patients, it was in a position to sell excess doses to the commission. Officials at the Boston Public Health Commission said they did not know how much was paid for the vaccines...
Rosenthal said that UHS had participated in frequent telephone meetings with the commission, area hospitals and other public agencies since the vaccine shortage began.
UHS then received an audit asking how much surplus vaccine would become available, and the UHS senior management team decided to make the sale.
John Auerbach, executive director of the Boston Public Health Commission, said that the commission appreciated Harvard’s “civic-mindedness” in selling its excess units of the vaccine. He said that Massachusetts regulations make it illegal to vaccinate high-risk patients during the shortage...
“We were very grateful to Harvard University for its generosity in offering to sell its vaccines to the city,” he said. “That allowed us to direct the vaccine to many of the most vulnerable individuals that otherwise would not have had...