Taking care of the front line

摘要

After a year filled with quarantines, social distancing and mask wearing, there is finally a light at the end of the long, dark tunnel. Vaccine distribution began in the United States Dec. 14, 2020, and now, almost three months later, vaccines are being administered at a rate of 1.7 million doses a day. By late February, those numbers represented 15.3% of the US population having been vaccinated so far. Finally, some progress. However, the process of vaccine distribution is a logistical nightmare, to say the least, with so many factors to consider. Who should have access to the vaccine first? Where should the vaccines be administered? What locations are accessible to the most citizens? And, how can we get more people trained to administer the vaccines? So far, no one has the obvious best answers to all those questions. In fact, it often seems like from one state to the next, it's a free-for-all.