The biggest unknown is how long we will be left at the refinery. Operation Warp Speed officials have set an occupation deadline of June to vaccinate almost all Americans, but this is exactly how many pieces go. Pfizer’s vaccines, which are recommended for FDA accreditation, and Moderna, which are expected to be followed next week, will not be able to withstand production delays, and additional vaccine candidates, including Astrogenega and Johnson & Johnson, will need to seek FDA approval early next year. Pfizer has previously revised the number of quantities to be delivered in 2020 and has stated that it will not be able to provide additional quantities to the United States alone, exceeding the 100 million already ordered, before June. The timing for the approval of the AstroGeneca vaccine is in the air after a confusing clinical trial. Johnson & Johnson is not working yet.
Your experience with this refinery depends on where you live. While a CDC team initially sets recommendations on how to prioritize lower doses, each state ultimately determines how to allocate the vaccines it receives. A person who qualifies as an essential worker in Illinois should not be in Indiana. A city can open vaccines to the general public before its neighbors. The system should be local and flexible, but it should indicate a patchwork of policies that may be unreasonable or inconsistent.
“It’s a complex and big logistics challenge, and a lot of things go wrong. A lot of things are not going to be planned,” said Eric Donner, a senior scholar at the Johns Hopkins Health Care Center. “The important thing is not to hang on to it.” , But they can not be prioritized at all. Donor says do not lose sight of the ultimate goal: “We will vaccinate people.”
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