The NY Times has a piece on the complexity of distributing the collection of vaccines for the current virus. They note:
In a phone call with reporters on Friday, Paul Mango, an official at the Department of Health and Human Services, said that Operation Warp Speed was on track to have up to 700 million doses of various vaccines by March or April — enough, he said, for “all Americans who wish to get it.” As for who would get which vaccine, he said that would be left up to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s vaccine advisory committee. “They will guide us as to which vaccine is most appropriate for which class of Americans,” he said. But the advisory committee doesn’t have a plan for that yet, and Dr. Grace Lee, a professor of pediatrics at Stanford University School of Medicine and a member of that committee, warned it would have a hard time coming up with one. “It’s tough to do, given all the uncertainty with Covid vaccines,” she said.
Now this is truly terrifying. If we have a change in Administration then it will delay everything six to twelve months. If we do not, then we have to deal with the present confusion.
Yet the worst part is that the CDC is still "in charge". Their gross incompetence in my opinion means that one should not expect anything. We really should have a more competent and transparent entity. If we rely upon state Governors to do anything it will again turn into a political quagmire of bumbling politicos.
Here is a chance for a great hand-off from the developers to the Public Health folks. My suggestion, let CVS etc handle this, keep it out of the CDC, they could not plan a birthday party. Unfortunately this will not happen and we will be back here six months from now bemoaning the problem.
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