D&D and the rising pandemic

[MarkB]

Do they have -70 degree freezers, the ability to track who got the vaccine, and capable of prioritizing who gets it?

And security systems capable of fending off both anti-vaxxer nutcases and "me first" queue jumpers?

 

[Dannyalcatraz]

Do they have -70 degree freezers, the ability to track who got the vaccine, and capable of prioritizing who gets it?

Not all of them, for sure.

OTOH, as has been noted, the Dippin’ Dots ice cream chain apparently DOES have such low-temp freezers, and could easily be part of a patriotic corporate response to supporting the push for mass vaccinations.

I know I would love to go to a mall (plenty of parking, large, air-conditioned indoor space) to get an injection, especially if a little treat were part of the deal.

What a PR coup that would be. At least as good as the beer & soda makers delivering clean water to tornado/hurricane struck areas, or distilleries making hand sanitizer.

 

[Eltab]

Do they have -70 degree freezers, the ability to track who got the vaccine, and capable of prioritizing who gets it?

Ingenuity (see Danny's post above) can solve the first question. CVS &c already dispense prescriptions, so tracking who should / did get their shots is already built into their capability.

 

[Mallus]

Aren't the big pharmacy chains already involved in the US distribution plan??

 

[Eltab]

And security systems capable of fending off both anti-vaxxer nutcases and "me first" queue jumpers?

A quick check of the Yellow Pages can get you multiple security companies that will provide your site(s) a uniformed security officer or two (armed if need be) for say a month's duration.
Remember back in March pre-lockdowns, when the hospitals cried out for ventilators and masks, and Corporate America came to their aid? (At the time I called this response the spirit of the Arsenal of Democracy.) I am convinced that the prospect of ending this torment will create a similar response to identified needs.

 

[Garthanos]

Aren't the big pharmacy chains already involved in the US distribution plan??

no idea that there is a a "US" plan... we have the guy who takes no responsibility at the top and a bunch of vaccines not reaching people.

 

[Mallus]

Remember back in March pre-lockdowns, when the hospitals cried out for ventilators and masks, and Corporate America came to their aid?

I seem to recall a mad scramble for PPE, states competing against one another (which disadvantages smaller, poorer states, natch), and skyrocketing prices.

 

[Mallus]

no idea that there is a a "US" plan... we have the guy who takes no responsibility at the top and a bunch of vaccines not reaching people.

Of course there was a plan! In it you'll find all those really ambitious vaccination targets we're failing to meet written down...

 

[Garthanos]

Of course there was a plan! In it you'll find all those really ambitious vaccination targets we're failing to meet written down...

We are going to have people thinking the US needs some sort of pitty party....

 

[Eltab]

I seem to recall a mad scramble for PPE, states competing against one another (which disadvantages smaller, poorer states, natch), and skyrocketing prices.

The glass is half empty?
OTOH, I remember Ford and GM converting unused production lines to make ventilators inside of a month. Vera Bradley and hundreds of at-home seamstresses making masks - enough to cover dire need. And recognition that outsourcing was not such an awesome policy after all, because no supply and no flexibility.