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Meat and vegetables are joining forces in t Va. vaccination chief: COVID-19 vaccine rollout at a pivot point 04/30/2021 05:46pm • The head of Virginia’s vaccination program said Friday that the rollout of COVID-19 vaccines has reached a new phase. The commonwealth is at “the other side of the supply-demand curve,” Dr. Danny Avula said during a briefing. Avula said 44% of the commonwealth's population has had at lea