Florida Vaccine info: http://ww11.doh.state.fl.us/comm/_pa...ort_latest.pdf

Avg. is about 1 million/day in U.S. Once Johnson & Johnson & others get approved from Warp Speed, will increase.

U.S. and World info: Bloomberg Vaccine info

It would seem to make sense but....Sumter county has said they will prioritize people who are scheduled for their second shot, but it is all dependent on receiving the vaccines, and they don't know when that will happen. Luckily, its not cast in stone that the second shot be given exactly 3 or 4 weeks after the first, depending on the vaccine. There is some leeway.

Orange County Convention Center Vaccine
 

We got a vaccine yesterday at the Orange County Convention Center. Our appointment was between 3-4pm. We arrived approximately 2:45 & there was no line. From the time we entered the convention center the individual checked our bar code on our phones to ensure we were there on correct date. We followed the maze around & pulled right up into the parking garage where where they checked us in, asked normal covid questions, stuck a bar code label on our shirt & pulled up to where injections are given. Once injected they provided a card with injection info & asked us to bring it back on our next appointment for 2nd injection. We were then instructed to drive out of parking garage to a waiting area for 15-30 mins to ensure no reaction. Upon leaving that area you were checked out, bar code scanned asked a few more questions. Our total time was approximately 30 minutes. On another note, my sis & husband had a 10 to 11 time slot. They arrived at 9:40 & the line of cars was long. It took them an hour & a half to get up to the parking garage where injections are given. Overall it was very efficient & well organized.

The last I saw was that the manufacturers were shipping about 975000 doses per day ramping up to a million or more does per day by the end of the month. They are then shipped via UPS, FEDX etc to the states. I’m not sure what the allocation is by state, but once it reaches the states it is up to the state to get it into the arms of the people. It was felt by the prior administration that the states would be better able to determine the unique circumstances of their own states. The problem is some states are far more efficient at getting the shots to the people. In certain states like FL, they are more efficient and thus supply does no keep up with demand. In some states’ there is vaccine sitting in cold storage units because they cannot, for whatever reason, get it into peoples arms. I have to disagree with you regarding using Walgreens and CVS to do the shots, they are not equipped to handle this. When you try to make an appointment with them they schedule one shot every ten to fifteen minutes. Doing this it will take forever to vaccinate everyone. Once there is enough supply, they need to set up mass vaccination sites like stadiums, fire stations, convention centers etc. In Massachusetts one of the mass vaccination sites is Gillette stadium where the New England Patriots play. This is the only way you will be able to vaccinate people fast enough to make a difference. In The Villages, you could use the Polo grounds, the football stadium, the softball fields, the fire stations etc. I can remember in the 70’s, I’m not sure what flu it was, but they vaccinated people at the schools. You got in line and they were giving shots at the rate of one every ten or fifteen seconds not minutes. You get two or three lines going that’s a lot of shots every day. That’s the way to vaccinate people in a pandemic, not at your local drug stores.

There have been about 850,000 doses a day distributed to patients. That may seem like a big number but at that with 330,000,000 citizens it will take two years for everyone to get two doses.

Hopefully the number will begin to increase. As Bucco said, it is temporary and will get fixed.

There has been a steep learning curve at every step of this pandemic. Scientist and experts have said one thing only to contradict themselves a month late. The amazing thing is that we have a vaccine after only 9 months of beginning to develop it. This is the fastest that a drug has ever come to market and will affect the development of life saving drugs in the future.

Everyone just has to calm down and realize that it is going to take some time for this to get done. I don't think that it's going to take two years as I expect the manufacturing and distribution rate to increase as we learn.

It seems as though many people believed that 330 million people were going to be vaccinated within a few days. Hopefully we can have the majority of us vaccinated by summer.

Great original post. Unfortunately, like most posts, replies quickly stray from the initial topic.

Every night we hear from the news about how may cases and deaths have been reported. We hear nothing about the numbers that pertain to the vaccine production and distribution.

I do not believe it is intentional. I think it is incompetence and the federal and state level. There is no other explanation as to why the basic data cited in the post isn't available.

Sort of reminds me of the first oil embargo. Who has gasoline now? We were all venting then as well.

That, if we recall was a major pain. At least it was for me, I needed gasoline to do my job-no work no pay.

This situation is actually worse. We are not talking earning money but risk of life itself.
Add to that the fact that there are right now two shots Pfizer and Moderna and both require two shots weeks apart.

I am 70 and have a pre-existing medical issue. I in the race to the sale on the latest holiday toy, have not been able to secure a first dose. Once you get the first dose, frankly I don't know what the latitude is to get the second dose as far as time. I also doubt there is any valid information about getting the moderna followed up by the Pfizer
or the other way around.

I am glad I do not need to make the decisions. It is far easier to complain.

Sort of reminds me of the history of the Titanic. The band played on. Women and children first? There were,"men," that said my life is more important.

Right or wrong, I would not want to be the one making the decisions. Far easier to complain.

Could it be that the governor is assuring allocation to counties with residents who are in jobs as opposed to those in retirement?

That is an good idea. Taking care of families with jobs and kids first makes sense.

no one is suggesting the developer take over the job of vaccine distribution. I think what many feel is that the developer would have a vested interest in getting our population vaccinated as soon as possible and should have political connections to help facilitate that for say the Villages Heath system. Through that system which has the facilities and staff to give vaccinations on a large scale distribution to many could be accomplished. you can read about other areas in Florida (very wealthy ones) that were able to get doses for their communities. try googling "rich in Florida get vaccines". I was in a doctor's ofc. Friday and they have no idea when they will be able to get the vaccine and since they see people every day, it would be logical that there would be some system for them to get vaccinated, but they have heard nothing.

Vaccines
 

It is not the distribution, it’s the production It’s coming

In order for the 100 million doses to be met, the suppliers would have to ramp up the manufacturing process greatly. Using Amazon as an example is not going to work. They are a private company with excellent and predictable inventory control. At present, the two approved vaccines have different distribution parameters. Pfizer requires storage at -70C which many places do not have. Consequently their distribution is hampered by the lack of refrigeration to accomplish this. Moderna can be stored in a normal refrigeration unit without special handling. Having the states and other political organizations help distribute the vaccine introduces another variable. The local political organizations should have a far better idea of where the vaccines should go. The changing guidelines at the CDC don't help. In my opinion, front line essential workers should be first, followed by anyone with the dangerous comorbidities regardless of age, then the older groups in decreasing age categories. The logic behind this is the front line workers are the most likely to catch and spread the virus to those around them. Those with comorbidities are the most likely to require hospital care which taxes the system and are most likely to die. After that, the older ones down to the youngest who seem to fight it off easier are in line.

So where is the production? Pfizer for example has to have a production schedule which the fed govt should have and than tell each state when they will get more.

This is much harder than it needs to be.

100M doses by the end of 2020 is what we were told in November/December with the number later being dropped to 50M. The information I can find today says 41M doses shipped which is clearly less than what we were told we would see and 24 days later. Production seems to be the issue here.

But the problem cannot be entirely production. The same source that showed 41M doses shipped also showed 20M doses used (17M vaccinated with 3M having received the 2nd dose). It seems 40M produced - 20M used means 20M doses that must be sitting somewhere. MAYBE they are set aside for the health care workers and residents of nursing homes. MAYBE they are set aside for the 14M who still need their second shot. MAYBE someone knows where they are but that information isn't readily available.

The storage requirements of the vaccine should make tracking it easier, not harder. Since few facilities have the freezers necessary for the vaccine there are fewer possible destinations which makes tracking easier.

The CDC requirements have not changed significantly, if at all. Health care workers and nursing homes followed by certain front-line workers, those over 75, and those with certain medical conditions. The only deviation for us is DeSantis opening the door to 65 and over and prioritizing age over less-critical front-line workers. Nothing in that affects production or the ability to track shipments.

Have you ever known the federal government to manage anything efficiently?