![]() 6, 7 Further, in many jurisdictions, pharmacists have been active vaccinators, administering millions of “jabs” through public health centres, bespoke or pop-up clinics, and in the course of a typical day working in a community pharmacy setting. 5 Beyond pharmacists' traditional roles as stewards of medications, the complex procurement and storage requirements of vaccines (particularly novel mRNA products) thrust pharmacists into the front lines of health care as never before. Globally, pharmacists have emerged as an integral part of the health care workforce responsible for ensuring safe, timely, and secure vaccine access. 3 The rapid development of vaccines has been widely credited for blunting the full force of the pandemic and for offering tentative pathways back to “normalcy” in many parts of the world, 4 particularly in high-income countries where vaccine access was supported by robust public health and government programs. 1 Since being officially declared in March 2020 by the World Health Organization (WHO), 2 the pandemic has resulted in millions of deaths worldwide and fundamentally changed day-to-day life for billions of people. ![]() The COVID-19 pandemic has been one of the most impactful public health crises of our lifetimes.
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