Covid-19 Vaccines Start a Frenzy for Dry Ice; ‘It’s Like a Herd of Mustangs’

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Covid-19 vaccines will require ultracold temperatures, like Pfizer's which will need to stay at minus 70 degrees Celsius. Makers of dry ice—with a temperature around minus 78 degrees Celsius—are bracing for a surge in demand.

The U.K. granted emergency-use authorization for Pfizer and BioNTech’s Covid-19 vaccine and could begin distribution to the most vulnerable populations within days. Photo: University of Maryland School of Medicine via AP.

The U.K. granted emergency-use authorization for Pfizer and BioNTech’s Covid-19 vaccine and could begin distribution to the most vulnerable populations within days. Photo: University of Maryland School of Medicine via AP

 

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Trust the governments and their contractors to keep it in those temperatures all the way? seems unlikely with their track record.

Cancer along with Tay-Sachs? Can't wait to see what kind of abominations you turn into

That may not go well! We will run out of something before this vaccine hits the ground!

$LIN $ADP 👀?

Honestly, we knew the RNA vaccines would all require ultracold storage. Dry Ice manufacturers should have been stockpiling months ago 🙄

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The Oxford vaccine can be stored at normal refrigeration temperatures.

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