On Friday I stood on a COVID testing line for four hours, a lovely day, chatting with my line mates, their bosses had given them time off; they needed a negative COVID test in order to fly somewhere. The test, the nose swab, took minutes and my phone beeped with the results before I was home. (Negative). I’m staying at home for Thanksgiving.
Two vaccine developers, Pfizer and Moderna announced vaccines with 90 plus percent protection rates; at least five other companies are near competing trials and China and Russia report they’re already distributing vaccines.
The final hurtle is less than a month away, the CDC/FDA will probably approve the vaccines for use around December 10th.
The distribution procedures, called Operation Warp Speed (Read here) created a nationwide network, over 60 regions with distribution networks in each region, from hospitals down to pharmacies.
Warp Speed has been criticized by the scientific community as being too tied to big pharma and not transparent.
It will take months, perhaps many months to ramp up production, in the CONTINUE READING: Should COVID vaccinations be required for students? For school staff members? | Ed In The Apple
