“WHEN WILL INDIVIDUAL MEDICAL PRACTICES & CLINICS BE ALLOWED TO GIVE THE VACCINES?”
Maybe refrigeration requirements have held that up. J&J and Novavax should help, when they are out in bulk.
There are some cheap, small chest-type freezers in at least some of the Walmart stores for less than $200. They’ll go down to 10 below zero, Fahrenheit (cold enough for Moderna, IIRC). There’s a smaller size, too, but I don’t know how cold they run. A family practice should be able to afford that. And someone in an office could use the freezer at home, when it’s all over.
Someone in one Walmart pharmacy said that the company is “fined $20,000” for each dose that’s wasted on an appointment no-show. I doubt the honesty of that, but they do try to use all of the doses with backup customers on a list. It looks a little complicated for companies willing to participate (whatever the penalty might really be).