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Originally Posted by jimjamuser
No - it won't be smooth - I agree. I suggest a "lottery" system to balance great demand and (currently) a LOW supply. It would be FAIR and people would be less stressed out. We currently have UNFAIR and completely arbitrary methods of placing people in their order of receiving the vaccine. It is a completely unnecessary shame! A "cluster sham".
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A lottery system sounds fair. I've heard of a number of people running around like Chicken Little (but without their heads) every time a community offers vaccine first-come-first-served. Imagine the proportion of dosages available contrasted with the number of people (often impatient) who show up and are frustrated because it's gone. This would at least allow prioritization, as for example, in New York State, where they're starting with ONLY those 75+.
Going back to the OP, two retired nurses with active licenses spoke up just in this thread, and I know another (80 years old) volunteering to help in a vaccine clinic in a different state, where the structure had already been in place. Granted product has to be available; in Sumter County, having 2,400 doses allocated for 130,000 population goes beyond not making sense....
Florida may have high numbers of cases and vaccinations to date because it is a populous state. A comparison of PERCENTAGE of cases against population rather than NUMBER of cases in countries around the world would be a more legitimate comparison. What we find is that of ALL the countries in the world, only FIVE have a greater percentage of cases against population than the USA. Of these five, FOUR are tiny countries with small populations, where a handful of cases can significantly change the percentage (1. Andorra, 2. Montenegro, 3. San Marino, 4. Luxembourg). Only 5. Chechia has a population over a million—actually just over 10 million, in contrast with 6. USA with a population of 327 million+, hardly a comparison. The next country with a significant population, say over 100 million, is Brazil, which ranks #33, with a population of 209 million+.
I'm citing numbers, not making a judgment. Besides, I'm not knowledgeable enough about pandemics and RNA-created vaccines to even consider making a judgment—a speculation on how this came to be. But can those with the knowledge AND in a position of authority use this information to help learn how to deal with the pandemic today. It's reassuring to know that TODAY there's a contract in place with Publix to administer vaccine. Could this not have been put into place a month ago? If not, help me understand why not.
Coronavirus COVID-19 Percentage of Population Tracker, By Country