FEMA would operate up to 100 federally run mass vaccination sites under Biden plan

[BumRushDaShow]

Source: Washington Post

Up to 100 sites run by the Federal Emergency Management Agency could begin offering coronavirus vaccine within the next month, part of a strategy that would dramatically expand the federal government’s role in the effort to corral the pandemic.

The plan, which was announced by President Biden on his first day in office, is already taking shape in the form of a draft “Concept of Operations,” which was obtained by The Washington Post. The document envisions FEMA, which previously had more of a piecemeal role in pandemic response, fully unleashed.

Its mission will be to “provide federal support to existing or new community vaccination centers and mobile clinics across the country.” “FEMA … will mobilize thousands of clinical and non-clinical staff and contractors who will work hand-in-glove with the National Guard and state and local teams to assist, augment, and expedite the distribution and administration of covid-19 vaccines,” the FEMA document states. If requested by states and other jurisdictions, the draft notes, “the U.S. Government would develop, equip, provide information management, and staff and operate the site.”

Shots administered at these sites are expected to draw on the vaccine supply made available to individual states and territories, and some large cities, rather than relying on a new federal allocation stream. A lack of abundant vaccine supply will remain the most pressing problem, probably through March. Enlisting FEMA, an agency of the Department of Homeland Security, is among the clearest signals that Biden intends to involve the federal government more directly in the administration of vaccines, instead of leaving the final step of the massive effort to state and local authorities.

Read more: https://www.washingtonpost.com/health/2021/01/22/biden-vaccine-mass-sites/

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[Botany]

1. This is on day # 2 for Biden/Harris

Grown ups are back.

[BComplex]

4. Me, too, Botany.

I'm so glad maturity and decency and competence are back in our government. These are happy tears because we're back, and grieving tears from what we lost.

NEVER AGAIN will we let republicans destroy this country!!

We have to work our asses off to make sure democratic majorities win in every state.

[Botany]

6. Biden/Harris have "Dr. Mike" (University of Minnesota) helping in this fight too

A friend has a business in Wisconsin and somebody in that biz knows Dr. Mike and he came in
and helped to set up the working areas of the biz to protect from the spreading of C-19 last
spring and I don't think they had 1 case.


Trump Administration Had ‘No Plan’ For COVID-19 Vaccine Distribution, Dr. Michael Osterholm Says

On his first full day in office, President Biden is expected to sign more executive orders and directives, including one calling on agencies to use the Defense Production Act to boost supplies of medical equipment, COVID-19 tests and vaccines.

A year ago, on Jan. 20, 2020, the first case of COVID-19 was diagnosed in the U.S. On that very day, Dr. Michael Osterholm, an infectious disease expert at the University of Minnesota, issued a paper warning of the imminent pandemic and urging the U.S. to respond.

Since then, more than 406,000 people in the country have died of the disease.

Biden is promising to administer 100 million vaccinations in his first 100 days, but the vaccine rollout across the country has been slow. That’s because the Trump administration didn’t have a plan for vaccine distribution, says Osterholm, who also serves as a member of Biden’s coronavirus advisory board.

https://www.wbur.org/hereandnow/2021/01/21/biden-covid-19-osterholm

[RobinA]

2. That's Two

per state. I hope they have more tricks up their sleeves.

[greymattermom]

3. Every state has regions with no pharmacies.

Maybe this is the plan to get vaccines to those folks.

[Mabel]

5. OMG

Finally someone in the White House has a clue and a plan, I'm beyond ecstatic!

[brooklynite]

7. A vax camp is worthless if there's no vax...

New York State has essentially run out.

[snowybirdie]

8. On line appointment system

in Florida is failing miserably. Tied up immediately and no recourse. They've tried it with large drive in county sites, and with Grocery pharmacies. Bottle neck at websites. Ridiculous!

[Politicub]

9. Leadership at last! Georgia has done a poor job at the state level.

Vaccinating the population should always have been led by the federal government and not placed solely in the hands of the states.

[Bucky]

10. You just KNOW this is gonna lead to them panicking about Jade Helm 21

[BumRushDaShow]

12. Release the

[Arne]

11. I'm hoping for Johnson&Johnson to finish trials.

Maybe in the spring, single dose and no special storage.