It’s ultimately about supply. We should be making so much vaccine that it doesn’t matter that our delivery system is terrible. The next fiasco shaping up in the delivery system that I keep hearing about is the need to slice our vaccine supply into a million little pieces so everyone who hangs a shingle “gets a chance” to vaccinate someone. Already this is leading to supply running out in some places while many other places sit on unused inventory.
I agree re: supply, my hope is that the Biden admin leverages the Defense Production Act + other (single-dose) vaccines get FDA-approved soon. But I disagree about your second point—expanding the number of potential providers may be more logistically challenging, but it creates a more resilient system that can reach more (potentially disadvantaged) communities. I think there should be vaccines available at every qualified place that hangs a shingle.
It’s ultimately about supply. We should be making so much vaccine that it doesn’t matter that our delivery system is terrible. The next fiasco shaping up in the delivery system that I keep hearing about is the need to slice our vaccine supply into a million little pieces so everyone who hangs a shingle “gets a chance” to vaccinate someone. Already this is leading to supply running out in some places while many other places sit on unused inventory.
I agree re: supply, my hope is that the Biden admin leverages the Defense Production Act + other (single-dose) vaccines get FDA-approved soon. But I disagree about your second point—expanding the number of potential providers may be more logistically challenging, but it creates a more resilient system that can reach more (potentially disadvantaged) communities. I think there should be vaccines available at every qualified place that hangs a shingle.