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yeah ideally that should happen :) Just it hasn't so the choice isn't "use locally or send abroad" it's "use locally or let them go to waste" TBF I guess this

• hef19898 5y ago
  Not sure about logistics, so. Sure it i challenging, but there are well established vaccination programms run by expierenced NOGs in developing countries already. These folks would, I guess, be really happy to take those doses and set something up. They are also rather capable of doing so. initially, that was part of the EUs over-ordering. Take those doses and give them to poorer countries. Good for public health, good PR and really good at gaining soft power in the world. No idea why that isn't happening. Russia and China are grateful for that I guess, so.
  • dalyons 5y ago
    I read that it wasn’t the logistics of sending them out that’s challenging; rather it’s trying to collect them back from the 100k+ pharmacies, hospitals, distribution sites etc in the US, most with poor records. The us mounted such a large and effective campaign to get them out there, would take just almost as large an effort to bring them back
    • hef19898 5y ago
      True, that is a a challenge, I didn't think of that... It's definitely easier to use those doses still sitting in central warehouses somewhere. Funny how demand can be off so much from estimations. I, and it seems I'm not alone with that, really did expect demand for the vaccine to be much higher than it turned out to be.