Yesterday, Los Angeles County approved distribution of vaccines to people over the age of 65.
Vaccinate CA began calling pharmacies yesterday afternoon. Many had not yet achieved institutional clarity required to administer the vaccine.
Vaccinate CA began calling pharmacies yesterday afternoon. Many had not yet achieved institutional clarity required to administer the vaccine.
This morning, we had a small team quickly call several pharmacies in Los Angeles as soon as they opened. Many had achieved institutional clarity overnight, and were now administering the vaccine.
We immediately surged much of today's call capacity over Los Angeles.
We immediately surged much of today's call capacity over Los Angeles.
This contributed to discovering and listing 60 new locations which could actually administer the vaccine today, bringing the total number of places where we can recommend someone try to get the vaccine or get an available appointment to 216.
It is, unfortunately, not the case that every health care provider who Los Angeles yesterday disinhibited from administering the vaccine to 65+ year olds is today institutionally convinced that they are permitted to administer the vaccine.
We will continue experimenting in teasing out the true nature of decisionmaking processes at play here and, where possible, upgrading them in flight.
It feels extremely likely to me that there was more than one site not administering the vaccine simply because nobody told them.
It feels extremely likely to me that there was more than one site not administering the vaccine simply because nobody told them.
It is very worth knowing the answer to the question "How many pharmacists in the United States would, if they believed they were legally not allowed to administer the vaccine, change that belief based on a single phone call and quick Google search?"
We're not going to invent Google. Or the telephone, for that matter.
But we may very well start using the telephone to suggest that professionals quickly Google recent key developments in their practice area.
But we may very well start using the telephone to suggest that professionals quickly Google recent key developments in their practice area.
Every pharmacy matters. Every dose matters. Every day matters.
"What if the pharmacy doesn't have Google available?"
If that happens often enough, newspapers and courier services both exist, and we would absolutely try couriering yesterday's news to a pharmacist and calling that afternoon to see if they were now administering the vaccine.
If that happens often enough, newspapers and courier services both exist, and we would absolutely try couriering yesterday's news to a pharmacist and calling that afternoon to see if they were now administering the vaccine.
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