Where is General Patton when he is really needed. The NY Times reports
The rate of Covid-19 vaccinations in the United States, which had been accelerating after a chaotic start, has quickly fallen after a winter storm blew through much of the country, closing vaccine sites and delaying shipments of millions of doses. About 1.52 million vaccine doses are being administered per day, according to a New York Times database. Although that is still above President Biden’s target, it is the lowest rate since Feb. 8. The country has been racing to vaccinate as many people as possible before more contagious and possibly deadlier variants of the coronavirus become dominant, and the figure had been well above the president’s goal of 1.5 million doses for several days. It peaked at 1.7 million on Feb. 16 before a brutal winter storm hit states from coast to coast. The bad weather delayed shipments of vaccine supplies from two hubs: a FedEx center in Memphis and a UPS site in Louisville, Ky.
Patton was undeterred by the weather driving his tanks across a frozen snow and ice swept Europe in latter 1944. Let us deconstruct the above:
1. First, the current Administration was handed a system delivering 1.2 million per day before they stepped in.
2. The Current Administration is now down to about 800,000 per day and dropping. Hardly any demonstration of competence.
3. It snows in February. Shocker! I lived in Dallas, Memphis and Atlanta for short periods, and yes indeed there is ice and snow. Remember FEDEX is in Memphis because that is where its founder lived not because it is a good fit for inclement weather.
4. It could have been worse. We could have used the US Postal Service. One would be still looking for the initial shipment!
5. Racing to vaccinate! Try and make an appointment. There are dozens if not hundreds of disparate scheduling systems in New Jersey alone, and it is akin to whack a mole to try to get one that works! The irony is that systems have been making reservations for over 40 years. On line real time reservation systems are everywhere, think rock concerts.But what do we get? I seems as if it is some politicians off spring in a garage in New Jersey banging out their first try but getting paid a fortune! Just a guess but that is what it looks like.
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