Photo: NBC News
Dr. Rich Bright, a former Director of the Biomedical Advanced Research and Development Authority, is back in front of cameras rallying for support/preparedness of the potential roll-out of the vaccine for the COVID-19 virus. The office is part of the Health and Human Services but charged with assessment and preparedness against chemical/biological threats to the United States. Back in May of 2020, Dr. Bright was fired by the Trump administration for a whistleblowing offense. What was the offense?
At the time, under Dr. Bright's observation, the Trump administration was nowhere near any point of preparedness to handle the production and distribution of a COVID-19 virus vaccine. In fact, the Trump administration was acting like an ostrich and putting their heads in the sand. Avoid the inevitable rather than face production and distribution. For the warning to the public, Dr. Bright was fired.
With the election over and the lack of communication between an outgoing administration (Trump administration) and the incoming administration (Biden administration), the potential lingering problem will be kicked down the road. Resulting in more unnecessary hospitalizations and deaths.
News this week with two promising COVID-19 vaccines emerged. MSNBC's Willy Geist interviewed Dr. Bright about the developments (trial data/results) in the video below (6 minutes in length):
The most important takeaway news from the video above was the lack of communication between administrations regarding the production/distribution of the COVID-19 vaccine. This is frightening. With around 25 million doses of the COVID-19 vaccine in existence today, the following questions remain to be answered:
1) How to distribute the COVID-19 vaccine?
2) How to distribute the COVID-19 vaccine equitably?
3) Who gets the first round of vaccine doses?
4) How to transport and store the COVID-19 vaccine safely without destruction?
The last question might seem trivial. When in fact, the last question is the most important question of all. The COVID-19 vaccine has to be stored at a very cold temperature. Otherwise, the vaccine will be rendered unusable (i.e., ineffective). How cold?
The type of freezer that is required is shown below from ThermoFisher:
Photo: ThermoFisher
The freezer shown above is just one of many many many that will be needed across the United States in the coming months to store and distribute the COVID-19 vaccine. The alternative is to pack the vaccine under dry ice. More about that in a future post. In the near future, I will write a dimensional analysis blog post about the required space.
For the time being, the questions above can serve as a table discussion for those having small gatherings at next week's traditional Turkey Holiday. Have a great weekend.
Related Blog Posts:
Residents of South Dakota are still in Denial of COVID-19 reality??
What is the status of a COVID-19 vaccine or treatment?
COVID-19 Vaccine by November? Yeah right!
President Trump Attempts To Discredit Science and 'Blue States'
the American People Do Not Like Liars - Politicians Take Note!
No comments:
Post a Comment