Doctor CamNC4Me wrote: ↑Thu Jan 21, 2021 8:39 pm
I’m just glad we have someone in there now wanting to, you know, actually ‘operation warp speed’. I saw a broadcast earlier today that states and places like East Lansing have the people, places, and things literally on stand-by, but can’t get the feds to ship them the vaccines they have.
Anyway. I be heading out in March to do a Long Ass Section Hike, and would’ve liked getting the doses ahead of time.
damned Trump.
- Doc
Are you going back on the AT? As it stands
today, I wouldn't expect your group to be vaxxed by March. But that assumption is probably built on misinformation and things can and will change. Let's hope it's fast!
In my view, T-man totally failed to consider the vast pool of human resources this country has access to, but I doubt that Biden will make that mistake because he KNOWS what our resources are. This is what I envision based on his comments and what I know we have in our own area, and also my experiences when my age group received the polio vaccine back in the day.
We have a human resources pool of currently working and retired health care workers that includes doctors, NP's, RN's, Veterinarians, Dentists, CVT's, pharmacists, and I think optometrists were on the list as well who are all qualified or could become qualified and/or delegated with permission to administer vaccines. Example: The big guy I live with keeps his RN license current although he is retired.
The shot only goes into the deltoid muscle, it's not like it's an IV infusion where you have to thread the needle into a vein.
When I consider the fact that we have 4 major military installations (not counting Cheyenne Mt.) that also have human resources as well as physical space on which to do
drive in vax clinics, school and university parking lots, a crapton of unused strip mall area parking lots, athletic fields, mega church parking lots, Walmarts for pet sakes, I think that the vaxxing of massive amounts of people in a short time is totally do-able and I believe it will happen that way.
Two issues: Storage and having medical personnel on site to treat immediate adverse reactions to the vaccine.
If there are central storage units (which there already are around here) I envision teams of vaccine administration personnel, checking out the supply throughout the day or at least daily, that is need for each round of vaccines.
In our area, Walgreens and CVS are contracted to do the nursing homes and assisted living facility residents. They're close to being done. So after they are done, you just take those teams of personnel and put them into the pool of qualified personnel I mentioned above.
And just...DO. IT.
So. Identify and set up the teams of human resources
while getting the supply flowing again, and we'll be okay. I think!