Governor Whitmer please don't let these important vaccines be wasted.

To find the expiration date for Moderna COVID-19 Vaccine (click here) released to the United States Government, locate the lot number, printed on the carton and vial. Enter the lot number in the field below and press "Submit."

Most health care workers check expirations dates chronically as they administer medications to patients including IVs.

These vaccines could be used for the booster doses, a need of the elderly after the FDA approved its use. However, it would be remiss to allow these doses to be set aside for booster administration when there is such a new directive at nearly the same time as the expiration date.

September 23, 2021
By Hayley Harding

More than 300,000 doses of COVID-19 vaccines (click here) are on the verge of expiring in Michigan as demand for shots wane right as the state stares down what appears to be a fourth surge of cases.

The Michigan Department of Health and Human Services estimates that about 161,000 doses of the Johnson & Johnson vaccine and between 143,000 and 146,000 doses of the Moderna vaccine expire near the end of this month, said Lynn Sutfin, a spokeswoman for the health department.

Eighteen months into the pandemic, 1 in 10 Michiganians have tested positive for COVID-19. One in 485 have died. And for months now, the number of people getting first doses of a vaccine has been dropping to a trickle.

The number of shots getting into people’s arms has been below 100,000 since the weekend of June 26, down from an April peak of 679,409 doses administered. Excluding this week, for which numbers are not yet completed, providers have been administering an average of 70,000 doses a week for three months, according to state data....