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Analysis: Some Said the Vaccine Rollout Would Be a Nightmare They Were Right

Government Executive Get the latest on need-to-know topics for federal employees delivered to your inbox. email There are already signs that distribution of the COVID vaccines will be messy, confusing and chaotic. Elisabeth Rosenthal , WASHINGTON Even before there was a vaccine, some seasoned doctors and public health experts warned, Cassandra-like, that its distribution would be “a logistical nightmare.” After Week 1 of the rollout, “nightmare” sounds like an apt description. Dozens of states say they didn’t receive nearly the number of promised doses. Pfizer says millions of doses sat in its storerooms, because no one from President Donald Trump’s Operation Warp Speed task force told them where to ship them. A number of states have few sites that can handle the ultra-cold storage required for the Pfizer product, so, for example, front-line workers in Georgia have had to travel 40 minutes to get a shot. At some hospitals, reside

Analysis: Some said the vaccine rollout would be a nightmare They were right

Dr. Vivek Murthy, named as the next surgeon general under President-elect Joe Biden, said just before Christmas that the Trump administration’s prediction that the general population would get the vaccine in April was realistic only if everything went smoothly.

Some Said the Vaccine Rollout Would Be a Nightmare They Were Right

Handout . December 28, 2020 Please verify your request Advertisement WASHINGTON Even before there was a vaccine, some seasoned doctors and public health experts warned, Cassandra-like, that its distribution would be “a logistical nightmare.” After Week 1 of the rollout, “nightmare” sounds like an apt description. Dozens of states say they didn’t receive nearly the number of promised doses. Pfizer says millions of doses sat in its storerooms, because no one from President Donald Trump’s Operation Warp Speed task force told them where to ship them. A number of states have few sites that can handle the ultra-cold storage required for the Pfizer product, so, for example, front-line workers in Georgia have had to travel 40 minutes to get a shot. At some hospitals, residents treating COVID patients protested that they had not received the vaccine while administrators did, even though they work from home and don’t treat patients.

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