When the loading dock doors rise at Ohio State s Schottenstein Center, in rolls something the arena was never prepared to handle until now.
Historically, what flows through the floor-to-ceiling doors is gear for college athletes or performers such as the Rolling Stones. But, these days,
it s thousands of doses of COVID-19 vaccines a week.
Crystal Tubbs, associate director of the department of pharmacy, is there each week to meet the delivery driver and the lifesaving serum, marking the first step in a long yet seemingly efficient process to reach a patient s arm. Either via FedEx or UPS, they arrive here to the loading dock, she says. We want to make sure that the vaccine is secured very quickly.… It is precious cargo.