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Dry ice is a hot commodity because of the vaccine
Massachusetts suppliers are helping to keep Pfizer-BioNTech shipments at minus-94 degrees Fahrenheit.
By Anissa Gardizy Globe Staff,Updated December 17, 2020, 10:36 a.m.
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doses of a COVID-19 vaccine from Pfizer and BioNTech were administered across the United States on Monday, it marked the beginning of a mass distribution
effort that hinges on an unlikely product: dry ice.
The Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine needs to be kept at minus-94 degrees Fahrenheit, far beyond the capability of traditional freezers. But dry ice â which is frozen carbon dioxide â has a surface temperature of minus-109.3 degrees Fahrenheit, which makes it a sought-after product for shipping and storing the vaccine.