1. The UK, the US and other countries are soon going to start using new #Covid19 vaccines to try to bring the pandemic under control. The work that has gone into making them is extraordinary. The next steps will be super challenging. (Thread) https://www.statnews.com/2020/12/02/how-society-can-make-the-most-of-covid-19-vaccines/
2. In the US, massive efforts have gone into fast-tracking vaccines, scaling up production, plotting distribution networks. The last-mile work — critical work that turns a vaccine into a vaccination — is underfunded and its complexity is underappreciated. https://www.statnews.com/2020/12/02/how-society-can-make-the-most-of-covid-19-vaccines/
3. "The impression I have is of a program being run as a logistics challenge, rather than a vaccination program with a logistic challenge within it," says @DrTomFrieden. So much has gone right with #Covid19 vaccines. So much could go wrong in the rollout. https://www.statnews.com/2020/12/02/how-society-can-make-the-most-of-covid-19-vaccines/
4. Where are the information campaigns telling people about the new #Covid19 vaccines, when they can expect to get one & how to find one when it's time? “We need to ... build public demand," says @ChelseaClinton. " And none of that work has happened." https://www.statnews.com/2020/12/02/how-society-can-make-the-most-of-covid-19-vaccines/
5. #Covid19 vaccine results so far have been amazing. But so many questions remain, including how to keep studying other vaccines once the first are in use; which will be safest for pregnant women & children; how well they'll work & how long they'll last. https://www.statnews.com/2020/12/02/how-society-can-make-the-most-of-covid-19-vaccines/
6. So many smart & thoughtful people informed this piece: @Kate_L_OBrien, @ProfHeidiLarson, @florian_krammer, @DrMikeRyan, @michaelmina_lab, @mlipsitch, @nataliexdean & loads of others who aren't on Twitter. I'm very grateful for their time. https://www.statnews.com/2020/12/02/how-society-can-make-the-most-of-covid-19-vaccines/