<p>A Washington law student ended up getting more than just groceries during a recent supermarket trip, after randomly receiving a Covid-19 vaccination.</p>.<p>David MacMillan and his friend were at a Giant Food store in the US capital last week and were surprised when a worker in the supermarket's pharmacy section offered them each a shot.</p>.<p>Getting a vaccination had not been on the pair's shopping list, and currently the vaccine is being prioritised for emergency responders and other frontline workers.</p>.<p>MacMillan posted a recording of him getting the shot on TikTok, where it had been viewed more than 700,000 times on the short-form video sharing platform as of Monday.</p>.<p>He said he and his friend were offered the vaccine because health care workers had not shown up for their appointments to get the doses.</p>.<p>The Moderna vaccine must be kept at very cold temperatures and quickly spoils once it has been removed from the freezer and its lid punctured.</p>.<p>"It's important that when there's so much misinformation swirling, that people are able to see that this is a good thing, this is a positive thing. We should be excited about being able to deal with the pandemic," MacMillan told a local <em>NBC News</em> affiliate.</p>.<p>America's vaccination rollout has got off to a slower-than-anticipated start, with 4.2 million people so far receiving initial doses of the two-dose vaccines from Pfizer-BioNTech or Moderna -- far below official predictions of 20 million by the New Year.</p>.<p>MacMillan said he expected to receive the second dose in his vaccination later this month.</p>.<p>In a statement, Giant said: "The Moderna vaccine is valuable and lifesaving, and we are happy to have not wasted it and given this couple each a dose."</p>
<p>A Washington law student ended up getting more than just groceries during a recent supermarket trip, after randomly receiving a Covid-19 vaccination.</p>.<p>David MacMillan and his friend were at a Giant Food store in the US capital last week and were surprised when a worker in the supermarket's pharmacy section offered them each a shot.</p>.<p>Getting a vaccination had not been on the pair's shopping list, and currently the vaccine is being prioritised for emergency responders and other frontline workers.</p>.<p>MacMillan posted a recording of him getting the shot on TikTok, where it had been viewed more than 700,000 times on the short-form video sharing platform as of Monday.</p>.<p>He said he and his friend were offered the vaccine because health care workers had not shown up for their appointments to get the doses.</p>.<p>The Moderna vaccine must be kept at very cold temperatures and quickly spoils once it has been removed from the freezer and its lid punctured.</p>.<p>"It's important that when there's so much misinformation swirling, that people are able to see that this is a good thing, this is a positive thing. We should be excited about being able to deal with the pandemic," MacMillan told a local <em>NBC News</em> affiliate.</p>.<p>America's vaccination rollout has got off to a slower-than-anticipated start, with 4.2 million people so far receiving initial doses of the two-dose vaccines from Pfizer-BioNTech or Moderna -- far below official predictions of 20 million by the New Year.</p>.<p>MacMillan said he expected to receive the second dose in his vaccination later this month.</p>.<p>In a statement, Giant said: "The Moderna vaccine is valuable and lifesaving, and we are happy to have not wasted it and given this couple each a dose."</p>