In the UK, it has been suggested that a range of healthcare professionals, such as dentists and healthcare scientists, will administer the COVID vaccines, so the local logistics and storage across a wide range of sites will have to be coordinated.
And globally, central vaccination locations are not an option for many less densely populated areas, as well as mountainous regions or those with many islands. There are also concerns that many would not be able to travel to be vaccinated – for example, older people or those in war-torn areas.
Learning From The Automotive Industry
Some vaccines, such as the mRNA vaccines that Pfizer and Moderna have developed, are what are known as “labile”. That is, they degrade each time they are moved and can eventually become inactive. A solution to this problem is relocating production facilities nearer to those who need to be immunised.
This has been done successfully by the automotive industry and many others which have shifted their factories to…