What’s normally? Pfizer has already said they will be handling the shipping from the manufacturing site to the end location where the vaccine will be used. We have never had a vaccine widely distributed in the US that has been required to be kept frozen at the temperatures required for the 2 leading candidates. They can’t just store it in warehouses and ship when needed.
Those are the ones they were able to locate. If you think people don't lie about attending super-spreader events, I've got a bridge to sell you. Also, our tracking and tracing has been less than sub-par in the US.
Because the only way to stop (not slow, stop) the spread of this virus is with herd immunity and a vaccine is required for that without an unacceptable number of deaths.
I mean tracking a dose given and tying that to payment to the manufacturer. Suppliers are paid for product delivered, not administered under normal processes.
Mask wearing should have been a mandate in every state from the beginning and should never have been politicized. That would have been a huge step in the right direction.
Wait... is that not how my diet should work? Sigh back to square one
The manufacturer has nothing to do with administering the vaccine. If they choose to handle the whole delivery process to the end user (as Pfizer has elected to do) then they shouldn’t be paid until the vaccine arrives on time and in condition to be used. In the case of Moderna it’s a little harder to judge because they sub-contracted the wholesale delivery to a 3rd party so if that company botches the delivery should Moderna still get paid or not is something I assume is in the contract.
Yup! Should have been mandated from the federal level and not red vs blue.
Blah, Blah, Blah. If a massive delivery system needs to be worked then contract AMAZON or UPS. Manufacturers, well, manufacture and let professional deliverers deliver. Vaccines are a product, a commodity, time, climate, fragile, yet still a product an there are pro's that can deliver. Billing and payment should be like any other product.
The post I replied to was somebody suggesting that distribution be handled by the manufacturer and they should be paid only when administered. That's what I asked about the logistics of. End user, as in the entity that will administer the vaccine is different than paid based on it being administered.
Allowing the virus to spread unchecked has killed the economy too. Especially in areas that rely on tourism. There’s definitely a false narrative out there that removing restrictions is a light switch for the economy to go back to normal. I guess we will find out by looking at FL. All government imposed restrictions have been removed so the economy should just bounce back to normal if all of the economic damage is from government restrictions and not from the virus itself. So far not seeing many signs of that. We won’t know if reducing the virus to manageable levels would have been better for the economy since we never really tried it.
No! Nyet!, Nein! The mask Commissar's will abuse such a mandate with the sole interest of revenue stream development. A nightmare of mask meter maids on segway's chasing down and ticketing citizens for not having a mask on properly despite no one was within 100yds of them.
Well, how do you suppose we deal with those who won't wear a mask even though it's been proven to be effective at limiting spread?
Enough with the magic masks. There has been a mask mandate in California since June 19th. Has the spread stopped there or been suppressed?
Not sure what the blah, blah, blah is for. It’s a conversation and as far as I can see not sure what I said that was in any way controversial, but you do you.
Yeah, they should get paid when the vaccine arrives in usable condition not when the person gets stuck. They don’t need to know who got the vaccine or track it at that level. Just how many doses were delivered.
How would we know how many cases there would have been without it? Nobody is saying masks mean no virus, they are just one part of the solution.
There is scientific data that says that masks reduce spread. They've been posted countless times.