MANCHESTER, Iowa—Since the pandemic hit in March, the workload has greatly increased for the pharmacists and technicians at Brehme Drug in Manchester, a rural town of some 5,000 people in eastern Iowa. “They call you up and say, ‘Help! Explain this to me,’” pharmacist Cathy Lilienthal told The Epoch Times. She has worked at the store for 35 years and knows many patients by their first names. As COVID-19 vaccinations roll out across the nation, the questions most people ask her have evolved from “Why do we have to wear a mask? Isn’t this a flu?” to “Why can’t we have the shots right away?” The pharmacy’s owner, 32-year-old Ashley Brehme, told The Epoch Times, “We become very much a frontline person to them, that go-to for health information, especially as local doctors reduce preventative care appointments to make time for ill patients.” Brehme Drug serves about 3,000 patients in …