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We're deploying vaccines like we do annual flu shots rather than the mass vaccinations done in Africa & Asia where millions are vaccinated in weeks
Years ago, Joe Rhatigan & I studied these campaigns. They offer several lessons that can inform what we need in the US now
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Years ago, Joe Rhatigan & I studied these campaigns. They offer several lessons that can inform what we need in the US now
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1/ Be proactive
Instead of passively waiting for people to come get vaccinated, we need to search them out & go to where they are & keep following up until they opt out or are vaccinated
We should be rolling out the vaccine like we do the Census, even going door-to-door
Instead of passively waiting for people to come get vaccinated, we need to search them out & go to where they are & keep following up until they opt out or are vaccinated
We should be rolling out the vaccine like we do the Census, even going door-to-door
2/ Remove barriers & be redundant
In each community, have multiple ways to get vaccinated including CVS/Walgreens, pop-up sites & near high-throughput places people have to to go like grocery stores
Make some venues 24/7 so people can get vaccinated anytime that works for them
In each community, have multiple ways to get vaccinated including CVS/Walgreens, pop-up sites & near high-throughput places people have to to go like grocery stores
Make some venues 24/7 so people can get vaccinated anytime that works for them
3/ Microplanning
In mass vaccination campaigns, each locality developed detailed community-by-community plans for getting each eligible person vaccinated
We need similarly granular plans for how each & every person will be reached & ways to monitor location-specific coverage
In mass vaccination campaigns, each locality developed detailed community-by-community plans for getting each eligible person vaccinated
We need similarly granular plans for how each & every person will be reached & ways to monitor location-specific coverage
4/ Community engagement
As we're already seeing, getting buy-in is not as simple as mass media messaging
We need systematic community-by-community efforts to inform, engage, address concerns & cultivate trust. This can't be haphazard & needs to be done with rigor & resources
As we're already seeing, getting buy-in is not as simple as mass media messaging
We need systematic community-by-community efforts to inform, engage, address concerns & cultivate trust. This can't be haphazard & needs to be done with rigor & resources
5/ Leverage skills
We're in an emergency & we need all hands on deck
Millions have skills that can help expand vaccination. Volunteers can organize lists, conduct community engagement or even be trained to administer vaccines under the supervision of nurses
We're in an emergency & we need all hands on deck
Millions have skills that can help expand vaccination. Volunteers can organize lists, conduct community engagement or even be trained to administer vaccines under the supervision of nurses
6/ Logistics, logistics, logistics
Mass vaccination campaigns invested in transport, storage etc to get things done without hiccups & lapses
We need federal funding & partnerships with relevant companies to make the distribution, tracking, storage etc of vaccines seamless
Mass vaccination campaigns invested in transport, storage etc to get things done without hiccups & lapses
We need federal funding & partnerships with relevant companies to make the distribution, tracking, storage etc of vaccines seamless
If mass vaccination campaigns were able to vaccinate thousands of people within weeks including in some of the poorest & toughest places in the world (including warzones), we can do much better than we are now in the US
This is an emergency; every delay means more cases & lives
This is an emergency; every delay means more cases & lives
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