SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — A Utah pharmacist has been stripped of his license and fined after acknowledging he gave people COVID-19 vaccination cards without administering the vaccine. The Salt Lake Tribune reported the pharmacist said he was giving six reluctant patients what he called a choice. In one case, surveillance video showed him taking a vial of the Johnson & Johnson vaccine from a refrigerator, recording the manufacturer’s lot number on the vaccine card and giving the card to the patient — but he did not prepare a syringe or administer the vaccine. He told investigators had done the same about five other people when he believed they were apprehensive.












