Opinion: The key to efficient vaccine distribution: start preparing early
Over the last few months, much has been learned about how Covid-19 spreads and ways to slow that transmission. Vaccine development is also progressing, but the news that AstraZeneca paused its Covid-19 vaccine trial to investigate the possibility of an adverse reaction is a reminder of the importance of conducting these trials with the utmost care.
Attention is also needed on creating a national strategy to distribute a Covid-19 vaccine. As former state health officers in Massachusetts and Texas, we saw firsthand how the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention led efforts during the H1N1 flu outbreak in 2010-2011 to efficiently distribute a vaccine against it to residents.
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