How the first COVID-19 vaccine doses will be distributed

It's the challenge of a lifetime -- getting millions of coronavirus vaccine doses quickly and safely across the country under daunting logistical conditions.

, executives from UPS and FedEx assured lawmakers that they are ready and prepared to complete one of the biggest logistics challenges in recent history - delivering 660 million COVID-19 vaccine doses nationwide, enough for the required two doses per person. "One of the more notable challenges will be maintaining the cold chain so that the vaccine does not experience a warmer temperature during transportation and storage than it can handle without spoilage," said Sen. Deb Fischer, R-Neb., chair of the subcommittee on transportation and safety during the hearing Thursday.

FedEx and UPS have focused on the dry ice needed for storage -- expanding their network of ultra-low temperature freezers to almost 100 nationwide. UPS has even invested in dry ice manufacturing and will produce 24,000 pounds of dry ice per day in Louisville, Kentucky. The company plans to ship 40 pounds of dry ice to each Pfizer dosing location one day after the vaccine arrives.

In addition to Pfizer's own tracking system, UPS and FedEx say they will use monitoring and tracking technology of their own on each package to ensure vaccine shipments are being given the highest priority and intervene if there are any weather related or traffic delays.

I’m going to say cardboard boxes.... but I’m usually wrong.

Soooo, the USPS can be trusted with mail-in ballots, but not to distribute vaccines?

Lol, I don’t need to know a damn thing. Neither me nor my kids will get this for at least a few years.

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RenergenJHB StefMarani has exactly the solution to transfer vaccines throughout the world at sub-zero temperatures $RLT.AX

Familarize yourself with the story of Balto.

Let Santa do it. One night, all over the world. Boom done. The man has to have the logistics already in place.

NO USPS for covid vaccine distribution please. Fed Ex and UPS ONLY. USPS = Trump. No trust.

I’d set up mobile “pop up” vaccination teams to visit care homes first for the elderly and vulnerable. For the majority public, then onto the major fast food outlets across the USA. You’d all be vaccinated within a week. Not such a crazy idea if you think carefully about it.

Great article and valuable read, thanks for sharing! 🙏🏽

Go USA Go!!

They'll push it on the black community first, pretending like they are being generous 'anti-racists' 🤦‍♂️ is anyone out there actually going to take one?

Name a bigger logistical challenge

thanks

Seeing this tweet next to a Harvard Business Review on mistakes made when speeding things up in unfamiliar territory... that's not a good sign, karma.

Listen, I’ve got it all under control. Please relax everybody.

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