Vaccine Logistics
Michael Miller
Professor Travis
Business Analytics
March 31, 2022
The transportation of vaccines across the world is already a hard task. However,
when the global pandemic hit it made this already hard task seem even that more
impossible. There are tedious requirements regarding the storage, handling, and
shipment of vaccines. For instance, the covid vaccines required storage temperatures of
around 90 degrees celsius. This is lower than the average storage temperatures for flu
vaccines by 20 degrees. There are many fewer facilities capable of storing vaccines at
these temperatures compared to those that can store regular flu vaccines. This along
with the fact that there were travel and other restrictions on products moving between
countries created quite the problem for those trying to inoculate the global population.
However, through all this America has been able to fully vaccinate around 65 percent of
the population. As time passes we may be able to reach a high enough percent to attain
herd immunity.
Links.
https://www.cbsnews.com/news/covid-19-vaccine-distribution-60-minutes-2020-11-08/
https://www.wsj.com/articles/the-next-big-challenge-after-a-covid-vaccine-is-giving-it-toenough-people-11604945455
https://www.reuters.com/article/health-coronavirus-vaccines-distribution/cold-storage-ch
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https://www.unicef.org/supply/stories/unicefs-freight-and-logistics-allies-help-overcome2021-global-shipping-industry-turmoil