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Originally Posted by billethkid
What is wrong with using the existing flu shot distribution system utilizing pharmacies/big box stores/doctor's offices....
Politicians have no clue how to plan in advance. Their version of fire prevention is....when you see the flames then......
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Because there aren't enough vaccines to distribute to pharmacies/big box stores/doctors' offices. In addition, not all of those places have the -appropriate- storage, which requires a "super-sub-zero" freezer. Furthermore, smaller stores and doctors' offices would have hundreds of people waiting outside, just to get in, because those stores can't handle crowds that exist pretty specifically to make it no longer necessary to social distance or wear masks.
With the current quantities available, you'd be basically saying "c'mon inside, catch a deadly virus from some random stranger who also happens to be in line, and then we'll make sure that if you don't die in 14 days or end up with permanent lung or heart scarring, you won't catch it again. Maybe."
It's not cost-efficient, it's not practical, it's not pragmatic.
If the vaccine was available in quantities that the flu shots are available, it would still be a problem at first because everyone and their brother is scrambling to get the vaccine. With the flu shot, no one is hurrying to be first in line, and they have a few MONTHS to decide which place they'll get it.