Thread by @ClaraJeffery

Since manifesting trust across all demographic groups is essential to a successful vaccination campaign, I hope Biden camp will figure out ways to have COVID-responsible Republicans like Romney be a visible part of the communications/logistics push.

https://twitter.com/SenatorRomney/status/1345026428451090435

Romney's idea of using birthdays plus tiers as the way to organize vaccinations is interesting, reminiscent of how gas was rationed in the Carter era, by odd/even license plate numbers.

The idea of calling up retired doctors/nurses, plus EMTs, former medics, vets—basically anyone who's ever used a syringe—would have the knock-on effect of restoring/manifesting community trust, both within and across demographic groups.

Romney is entirely right that expecting distribution to be managed by hospitals, doctor's offices and CVSs is asinine. We need mass vaccination MASH units, basically. Where patients can be monitored for 15-30 post vaccination for any rare reactions which are easily treated

I'm also open to the idea of paying or otherwise rewarding people who get a vaccination. Inject a little grease into the economy along with creating vaccine-enabled herd immunity.

Ditto rewards (+payment) for those who help to vaccinate. Starting with getting a vaccination themselves.

How much training does it take to administer a vaccine? I don't know but if we don't have enough active or retired docs/RNs/medics/EMTs/vets to do it, I suggest we start training people asap.

Obviously the National Guard, and maybe even the military, should be deployed to build, staff these local/regional vaccine MASH units... LFG

And Biden should not hesitate to use the Defense Production Act to ensure any part of vaccine supply chain, the vaccines themselves, the vials, syringes, anything else is being made as quickly as is absolutely possible.

Honestly I think so many Americans would pitch in to help give shots, bring people to vaccination centers, whatever is needed, if they were just given some instructions and perhaps a slight incentive.

Victory gardens, but for vaccines.

Like, I'd take time off to pitch in...doing whatever! I'd buy a pig leg and some syringes and practice, or just run a check-in table or ferry people to vax centers.

Just tell us how we can help @JoeBiden @RonaldKlain @GavinNewsom

Say we give $250? $500? to everybody who gets vaccinated. But maybe there's also a Golden Ticket/lottery where a few lucky people get more?

We should be leveraging every bit of psychology we know to get this done

And yes, lets leverage celebrities. Not just showing them getting vaccinated, though that is probably important to do, but what if @StephenCurry30 or @taylorswift13 or whomever was elbow bumping folks who'd been vaccinated? Or asking fans to volunteer to pitch in?

There is a volunteer medical corps people can join. In addition to retired practitioners, seems like people trained in logistics are needed. Lots of logistics in magazine production! Or parenting. :)

https://twitter.com/geewheezie/status/1345525625063432197

Whether via this Corp or other efforts—we need our insanely overworked doctors and nurses to keep fighting to keep COVID and other patients alive.

Regular people will need to step up to help administer vaccines.