Jaqueline Glisson had a vaccine clinic scheduled for a Wednesday in late February. At it, the GP was planning to vaccinate the 32 over-85s among her GP practice in Castletownbere, West Cork. On the Friday before, she received a phone call that alarmed her. “Are you ready to receive your vaccines today?” the caller asked.  The doctor panicked. She knew the Pfizer vaccine had a short shelf life. Would she be able to get everyone rebooked and done within six days? Then she was told, it wasn’t the Pfizer vaccine, but the other mRNA vaccine Ireland is using to vaccinate…

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