Covid vaccine: ‘8,000 jumbo jets needed’ to deliver doses around world
Sep 10, 20, 7:20 am
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Covid vaccine: ‘8,000 jumbo jets needed’ to deliver doses around world
Article from The Guardian (other sources have reported as well) regarding transport logistics
of a vaccine is approved for mass production/delivery.
8000 planes... wonder how that would work? Fascinating but potentially some good news for the boards of planes parked up.
of a vaccine is approved for mass production/delivery.
8000 planes... wonder how that would work? Fascinating but potentially some good news for the boards of planes parked up.
Sep 10, 20, 7:52 am
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Its not as if 7.8 billion doses will magically appear somewhere overnight. It will take a long time before most of those people will get access to a vaccine, and there are at least a couple billion people who will likely refuse the vaccine, regardless.
Sep 10, 20, 11:57 am
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In the case of H1N1, Australia was first to find a vaccine in 2010, and the government-mandated that it was available to the Australian population before export. If that will be the case for a COVID-19 vaccine I imagine the logistical side of it will be even more of a mission.
Maybe the A380 will be the savior of the pandemic, rising from the ashes!
Sep 10, 20, 5:29 pm
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Twisted statistics as you don't deliver those doses all at the same time. The rollout will be a FUBAR with starts/stops as well as the anti-vaccine people. Already you see one Ph3 stop due to a reaction, wait till you deliver a couple hundred million doses, forget the logistics.
Sep 10, 20, 8:45 pm
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Twisted statistics as you don't deliver those doses all at the same time. The rollout will be a FUBAR with starts/stops as well as the anti-vaccine people. Already you see one Ph3 stop due to a reaction, wait till you deliver a couple hundred million doses, forget the logistics.
So between production, location and manufacturer, I suspect that routine logistics will suffice in the distribution of vaccine.
Sep 11, 20, 12:21 am
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There already is a fight on over how the first batches should be allocated.
