MD ranked 38th and VA 46th in vaccine distribution

[Anonymous]

No state is doing "well". Warp Speed was a triumph, but I am peeved that the Feds contracted for such limited doses of these early vaccines like Pfizer. That seems like a mistake, as our economy will not come back until the folks in the middle NOT currently being vaccinated (young to middle aged) can get out to work (June? fall? 2022?). Meanwhile distribution efforts by states are whatever is the opposite of Warp Speed. The states that are being overly rigid about moving category by category and unimaginative about distribution are just seeing the worst bottle neck. They are all falling down on the job, and some like MD and VA and IMO DC (750,000 residents! Not a lot to manage!) Are falling off a cliff.

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I have family in WV and it sounds like what they're doing right is keeping it simple and focusing on getting shots in arms. They skipped the big chains and used local pharmacies to get all nursing home residents and staff vaccinated. Considering how rural a lot of the state, the fact they're doing so well is pretty impressive.

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Virginia is artificially low because they had 460K vaccines until recently (like a couple of days ago). That puts them in top 15.

I honestly wonder if Maryland is trying to stall of opening schools.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Virginia is artificially low because they had 460K vaccines until recently (like a couple of days ago). That puts them in top 15.

I honestly wonder if Maryland is trying to stall of opening schools.

(let me clarify re: Virginia. They distributed 217K out of the initial 460K doses, or 47%. At that point, looks like they got more vaccines, another 400+k, which is great for the state. I don't know the mechanism, but basically that's why Virginia looks like it is trailing now.

[Anonymous]

While these #s are concerning, I wouldn't freak out yet. Vaccine *distribution* numbers are typically released immediately. Vaccine *administration* numbers can lag by an order of several days. I imagine this varies by state, which might make some states appear artificially better than others.

[Anonymous]

Theyre ALL too low.

[Anonymous]

Hoping MD is getting somewhere - just heard my aunt and my mom, each in a different elder community (but not nursing facility) will have vaccination clinics on campus this weekend. All residents of community to be vax’d.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Virginia is artificially low because they had 460K vaccines until recently (like a couple of days ago). That puts them in top 15.

I honestly wonder if Maryland is trying to stall of opening schools.

Probably since they know it is unsafe, but it is political suicide to say so to DCUM’s MCPS parents.

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Virginia is artificially low because they had 460K vaccines until recently (like a couple of days ago). That puts them in top 15.

I honestly wonder if Maryland is trying to stall of opening schools.

Probably since they know it is unsafe, but it is political suicide to say so to DCUM’s MCPS parents.

Well yea, if we don't do anything for the entire year to improve school air circulation, we do not stockpile PPE, we don't have the guts to pass mask regulations inside school buildings with teeth (i.e. relegation of non-conforming students to distance learning), there is no effort to modify student assignments to reduce or eliminate switching classrooms, there is no political will to define which students do and do not need face-to-face learning, and we don't vaccinate teachers with the readily available vaccines, then yea it's not safe to reopen.

[Anonymous]

I dont want to insult the elderly (my parents just had round 1, yay) but the group that is to be vaccinated LAST in possibly 2022 (young, healthy) is the SAME group that drives the economy. Vaccines need to be pouring into arms to flatten the curve, save lives AND restart America.

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Anonymous wrote:I think a lot of doses are trapped in hospitals that have only administered a third of what they got. Time to claw those back. This is so frustrating.

This is definitely where Maryland messed up

NY as well. They are finally giving hospitals deadlines to either administer vaccines or return them for the state to redistribute.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Virginia is artificially low because they had 460K vaccines until recently (like a couple of days ago). That puts them in top 15.

I honestly wonder if Maryland is trying to stall of opening schools.

Good point.

[Anonymous]

Virginia is dead last.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:No state is doing "well". Warp Speed was a triumph, but I am peeved that the Feds contracted for such limited doses of these early vaccines like Pfizer. That seems like a mistake, as our economy will not come back until the folks in the middle NOT currently being vaccinated (young to middle aged) can get out to work (June? fall? 2022?). Meanwhile distribution efforts by states are whatever is the opposite of Warp Speed. The states that are being overly rigid about moving category by category and unimaginative about distribution are just seeing the worst bottle neck. They are all falling down on the job, and some like MD and VA and IMO DC (750,000 residents! Not a lot to manage!) Are falling off a cliff.

Don't know about the Moderna, but the delivery schedule for the Pfizer order probably wasn't the limiting factor. Pfizer was supposed to have delivered 100mm doses globally by December, but was only able to produce 50mm because of problems in their supply chain. From the article, "We were late, said a person directly involved in the development of the Pfizer vaccine. “Some early batches of the raw materials failed to meet the standards. We fixed it, but ran out of time to meet this year’s projected shipments."

https://www.wsj.com/articles/pfizer-slashed-its-covid-19-vaccine-rollout-target-after-facing-supply-chain-obstacles-11607027787

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Virginia is artificially low because they had 460K vaccines until recently (like a couple of days ago). That puts them in top 15.

I honestly wonder if Maryland is trying to stall of opening schools.

(let me clarify re: Virginia. They distributed 217K out of the initial 460K doses, or 47%. At that point, looks like they got more vaccines, another 400+k, which is great for the state. I don't know the mechanism, but basically that's why Virginia looks like it is trailing now.

I'm sorry for being dense, but you clarification is still leaving me confused as to why Virginia is still ranked so low?