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Vaccines don't save lives, vaccinations do. The Trump administration's plan to get vaccines in to the arms of Americans has largely failed, with now only 28.4% of the distributed doses administered. Here I propose my vaccination plan, leveraging key locations for vaccination.
First, my initial tweet from over the weekend drawing attention to the
Let's first identify the problem. Operation Warp Speed has excelled at producing a vaccine and accelerating its development, but it's the "last mile" problem that has failed. Underfunded health departments and lack of a federal plan has inhibited rapid vaccinations.
Additionally, America lags behind other nations significantly when it comes to vaccinations per capita. While speed will increase into this month, we still have more work to do.
We have also seen discussion on whether to consider a single-dose regimen in order to speed up vaccinations. There are some valuable viewpoints captured here, but I will not weigh in as I believe that doses administered will never catch up to

First, my initial tweet from over the weekend drawing attention to the
Relying on CVS and Walgreens as cornerstones of a vaccine rollout plan is like using a spigot at a camping site to put out a forest fire. We need to be erecting mass vaccination sites, strategically placed across the country. In the coming days I'll suggest some possibilities.
— Benjy Renton (@bhrenton) January 3, 2021
Let's first identify the problem. Operation Warp Speed has excelled at producing a vaccine and accelerating its development, but it's the "last mile" problem that has failed. Underfunded health departments and lack of a federal plan has inhibited rapid vaccinations.

Additionally, America lags behind other nations significantly when it comes to vaccinations per capita. While speed will increase into this month, we still have more work to do.

We have also seen discussion on whether to consider a single-dose regimen in order to speed up vaccinations. There are some valuable viewpoints captured here, but I will not weigh in as I believe that doses administered will never catch up to
Many valuable viewpoints and papers published in @AnnalsofIM today and yesterday. First, modeling from @ADPaltiel, @jasonlschwartz and Amy Zheng makes the case for a single-dose regimen assuming a 75% efficacy to avert the same number of infections as 2.https://t.co/A75KuNBKn9
— Benjy Renton (@bhrenton) January 5, 2021