E7 wrote:Easy to point the finger and criticize. What are the logistics involved in dispensing the vaccine? How much of the problem is A-holes who sign up and don't show? How long does it take to ready vaccines like the Pfizer that need to be stored under extreme conditions? Maybe these people who are doling out all the criticism should put some effort toward solving those problems. How about a fine for scheduling,and then not showing up.
Logistics of distribution, storage, and actual dispensing are not big issues; all of that was in place pretty quickly and easily. Most of that was a lot of hand-waving over nothing at all. -80 freezers and transporting -80 materials, vials to RT and use is something that a huge number of people and facilities already existed. Out in the middle of nowhere, not so much.....
But you've left out what has probably been the biggest issue - the scheduling systems themselves. Every state and many counties have operated totally independently using web sites that take a IT professional to navigate. Then CVS and Walgreen's had to have their own web systems.....that were a mess to use. We spent a week getting appointments set for my MiL in FL (a truly totally F'd up web system) that she could get to realistically. We spent another week working to get appointments set for ourselves but we had to use the newest unencumbered software stripped down computer we had in the house to get through the sites in VA.
Now that the vaccination sites are pretty much walk in.......there's no excuse not to get vaccinated, yet too many are finding one.