Yves here. This post gives a useful compilation of many of the reasons why distribution of the Covid vaccines is proving to be a train wreck.
And in a colossal confirmation that lack of operational competence isn’t unique to one side of the aisle, the press is reporting tonight that Biden has decided to release all the vaccines now, rather than hold half back for the second shot. Since the logjam is in the local distribution, which is nowhere close to being remedied, doubling the amount that goes out the door will guarantee that even more vaccines will become unusable. Recall that the Pfizer vaccine, once it is shipped, can be stored in the shipping boxes with dry ice for only 30 days; it can be held for an additional 5 days at refrigerator temps. I strongly suspect that the vaccine could be stored for much longer in a super-cold freezer. But as readers discussed at length early on, there aren’t many out there and they are way too costly to justify buying enough to help with pea
How Israel has launched world s fastest coronavirus vaccination drive
Israel is currently in its third nationwide lockdown to contain the outbreak.
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The number of people vaccinated against the killer virus in Israel has reached over 950,000, the state s Ministry of Health has confirmed.
With this, Israel has vaccinated over 10.2% of its population of about 9.3 million in less than two weeks, since the vaccination campaign began on 20 December last year.
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Israel leads the world in Covid-19 vaccinations per capita
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London, Jan 2 : As vaccination drive to end the pandemic slowly heats up, Israel is leading the world in Covid-19 vaccine doses per capita as the country has given vaccinations to more than one million people, more than 10 per cent of the country s nine million population.
Israel is leading the race with a rate of 11.55 vaccination doses per 100 people, according to statistics from the Our World in Data website affiliated with Oxford University.
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Israel leads the world in Covid-19 vaccinations per capita
As the vaccination drive to end the pandemic slowly heats up, Israel is leading the world in Covid-19 vaccine doses per capita as the country has given vaccinations to more than one million people, more than 10 percent of the country s nine million population.
Israel is leading the race with a rate of 11.55 vaccination doses per 100 people, according to statistics from the Our World in Data website affiliated with Oxford University.
Israel began vaccinations on December 19 as the country secured supplies of the Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine after negotiations early on during the pandemic, according to a BBC report on Saturday.