What the government must do to successfully administer a covid-19 vaccine
Ezekiel Emanuel and Topher Spiro explain how the United States can overcome the four major hurdles to successfully administering a COVID-19 vaccine.
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But once a vaccine is found, the process of packaging, distributing and administering it to achieve herd immunity also presents significant challenges. Many months will pass between proving a vaccine is effective and being able to offer injections to 300 million Americans. Given the country’s covid-19 response so far, it’s not surprising that we are already behind.
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Authors

Ezekiel Emanuel

Topher Spiro
Vice President, Health Policy; Senior Fellow