11-26-2020, 02:41 AM
(11-16-2020, 12:27 PM)BostonCard Wrote: Operations and logistics are not sexy, but they will mean the difference between success and failure of the vaccine rollout. A transition in government is not the best time to be rolling one of these things out, so that will add to the complexity.
Thankfully, operations and logistics are well-known problems, and there is a lot of expertise available to tap. It will be complex, but it is solvable. I'm thinking of the collective algorithmic efficiency between Amazon, UPS, FedEx, DHL, and, of course, the USPS, among others. Imagine the collective might that brought you overnight/same-day delivery brought to bear on this vaccine distribution problem. At least, I'm hoping enough of the right people will be working on this.
