Per @CDCgov
12,409,050 Doses #COVID19 vaccine Distributed
2,794,588 inoculated (1st Dose)
covid.cdc.gov/covid-data-tra…
Why the gap?
Chronic lack of funding, fantasy, hollowed out systems:
washingtonpost.com/health/2020/12… Call out the @NationalGuard. Act like it’s an emergency, because it is
12,409,050 Doses #COVID19 vaccine Distributed
2,794,588 inoculated (1st Dose)
covid.cdc.gov/covid-data-tra…
Why the gap?
Chronic lack of funding, fantasy, hollowed out systems:
washingtonpost.com/health/2020/12… Call out the @NationalGuard. Act like it’s an emergency, because it is
Give kids memories of @nationalguard coming to a block or town with vaccines for grandparents, masks for all, & chocolate, & then coming back to check in, give the booster, & the family a first dose.
Or of driving to a mobile clinic to get inoculated.
Make America healthy again.
Or of driving to a mobile clinic to get inoculated.
Make America healthy again.
Perna cited holidays & winter weather delaying uptake, a learning curve for hospitals on storage & admin, & states setting aside doses for long-term care: nytimes.com/2020/12/30/hea… Inoculation at pharmacies will help.
So would using the @NationalGuard. Need a whole of society push.
So would using the @NationalGuard. Need a whole of society push.
We need a rekindled civic nationalism, where Americans are inspired to unite around a shared goal (vaccination & staying healthy) and a common foe (thjs novel coronavirus), not division by party & attacking one another.
Divided, we will keep falling. Our hospitals are filling up.
Divided, we will keep falling. Our hospitals are filling up.
"The federal government should be working with states to figure out what they need — & use staffing from @FEMA, the @NationalGuard or other agencies to bolster state capacity or even take over responsibilities where states feel they need help."–@ashishkjha washingtonpost.com/outlook/2020/1…
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