In poorer areas, more remote parts of the world and in places where the mean daytime temperature is high and electricity is unavailable or spotty, there are no mechanisms to keep vaccines at low temperatures.
Yves here. While voters should try to get politicians to live up to their campaign promises, Joe Biden has already made clear that his should be taken as nothing more than hot air. We took a quick pass at his electoral promise about what he’d do about Covid, which included substantial income support and rent relief, to his post victory massive retreat. “Build Back Better” is such lame phrasemaking that it signals that it was never meant to be taken seriously.
Nevertheless, Bill Lazonick, Philip Moss, and Joshua Weitx perform a useful service in demanding that Biden address income inequality and providing some ideas as to how to go about it.
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COVID-19 Vaccines: Why Temperature Limitations Affect Equity and Social Justice
In many poor and remote areas, there is no infrastructure to store vaccines at cold temperatures. Jan. 5, 2021
By Timothy Ford, Professor and Chair of Biomedical and Nutritional Sciences, University of Massachusetts Lowell, and Charles M. Schweik, Professor of Environmental Conservation, University of Massachusetts Amherst
To mitigate health inequities and promote social justice, coronavirus vaccines need to get to underserved populations and hard-to-reach communities.
There are few places in the US that are unreachable by road, but other factors many rural hospitals can’t afford ultralow-temperature freezers or might not have reliable electricity, for example present challenges. However, with government will and resources, these could be overcome.