That s what is going to be the key of telling whether B.C. is doing well.
Advantages and disadvantages
When populations are concentrated in a single geographic area, it makes sense to have a centralized system, Nagarajan said.
Decentralized systems have the advantage of speed, he said, particularly in places where there are many remote communities with small populations. A regional hub can be established where deliveries can be co-ordinated.
Another province that has taken a regional approach in its early vaccine rollout is Ontario, which had used 72 per cent of its doses as of Tuesday. The pandemic is taking different shapes in different specific, smaller regions, said Maria Sundaram, an infectious disease epidemiologist with the Institute for Clinical Evaluative Sciences and the University of Toronto.
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Less than 24 hours after the first batch of COVID-19 vaccines arrived in British Columbia, the provincial health officer was able to find something truly positive to say at one of her daily briefings.
This occurred even as the pandemic death count continued to rise.
“What this means is we now have a safe and effective vaccine that has been approved for use here in Canada and is available here in British Columbia,” Dr. Bonnie Henry told reporters on December 14.
“And this is momentous news and the first step in our path to protecting people most at risk in our communities and taking the pressure off our health-care system so that care is available for all of us who need it across the province.”