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Here in Norway as of today we have distributed 65 k doses and administered 48 k firstly to the elderly who are in care homes, then to the over 75s in ad-hoc vac

Here in Norway as of today we have distributed 65 k doses and administered 48 k firstly to the elderly who are in care homes, then to the over 75s in ad-hoc vaccination centres. That's 0.91% of the population vaccinated so far (first dose). There aren't many more doses available so distributing them to pharmacies would not accelerate the process very much if at all. The rate at which the vaccines are being administered is getting faster all the time. Once the vaccine starts arriving in the country in greater quantities they will start distributing them to local doctors. As for making an appointment; here in Norway people will be notified by the local authority when they can get it. Doses are being dealt out in age groups, oldest first plus those especially at risk.

WalterBright 6y ago
The relevant metric is the ratio of doses the government has on hand vs the the number administered. Here in WA state, only one third of the doses delivered have been administered. Heck, Amazon is headquartered here. If I was the governor, I'd have gotten Jeff Bezos on the horn 6 weeks ago with "halp!" I bet Amazon would love to help out, they'd make some money and it'd be great PR.
- WalterBright 6y ago
  Looks like Amazon is taking the lead! https://www.reuters.com/article/us-amazon-com-vaccine/amazon-offers-to-help-u-s-with-vaccine-efforts-in-letter-to-president-biden-idUSKBN29P2KO https://www.reuters.com/article/us-amazon-com-vaccine/amazon...
- kwhitefoot 6y ago
  > n WA state, only one third of the doses delivered have been administered. Good grief! Norway is slower than neighbouring countries because we have a decentralised health system because we have such a scattered population and the health service has decided to use the existing infrastructure rather than try to create a new more centralised system on the fly. In addition a substantial fraction of the doses are held back to ensure that all those who have had one dose will get the second within a reasonable time. The average is about half of the distributed doses have been administered But pretty much all European health systems are performing faster than your example and they are pretty much all using the existing public health system. At least here, Norway, there seems to be no evidence that involving private actors would do any better. In the UK they have vaccinated (first dose) 8.5% of the population just using the NHS. The US doesn't seem that far behind on average with 5.7%. Norway is 1.4% And also surely adding more organizations to the existing system risks running into a version of Brook's law: Adding manpower to a late software project makes it later.

WalterBright 6y ago

The relevant metric is the ratio of doses the government has on hand vs the the number administered. Here in WA state, only one third of the doses delivered have been administered. Heck, Amazon is headquartered here. If I was the governor, I'd have gotten Jeff Bezos on the horn 6 weeks ago with "halp!" I bet Amazon would love to help out, they'd make some money and it'd be great PR.

WalterBright 6y ago
Looks like Amazon is taking the lead! https://www.reuters.com/article/us-amazon-com-vaccine/amazon-offers-to-help-u-s-with-vaccine-efforts-in-letter-to-president-biden-idUSKBN29P2KO https://www.reuters.com/article/us-amazon-com-vaccine/amazon...
kwhitefoot 6y ago
> n WA state, only one third of the doses delivered have been administered. Good grief! Norway is slower than neighbouring countries because we have a decentralised health system because we have such a scattered population and the health service has decided to use the existing infrastructure rather than try to create a new more centralised system on the fly. In addition a substantial fraction of the doses are held back to ensure that all those who have had one dose will get the second within a reasonable time. The average is about half of the distributed doses have been administered But pretty much all European health systems are performing faster than your example and they are pretty much all using the existing public health system. At least here, Norway, there seems to be no evidence that involving private actors would do any better. In the UK they have vaccinated (first dose) 8.5% of the population just using the NHS. The US doesn't seem that far behind on average with 5.7%. Norway is 1.4% And also surely adding more organizations to the existing system risks running into a version of Brook's law: Adding manpower to a late software project makes it later.