Four Recommendations to Efficiently and Equitably Accelerate the COVID-19 Vaccine Rollout

Authors

William F. Parker, University of Chicago
Govind C. Persad, University of DenverFollow
Monica E. Peek, University of Chicago

Publication Date

2-20-2021

Document Type

Article

Organizational Units

Sturm College of Law

Keywords

COVID, Vaccines, Health equity, Pharmaceutics

Abstract

Although scientists have created highly effective and safe vaccines for the SARS-CoV-2 virus (COVID-19) and pharmaceutical companies are rapidly mass-producing them, the US continues to face an enormous distribution logistics problem, made more challenging by uncoordinated government planning and response. As hospitalizations and deaths recently set all-time-high records across the country, widespread delays in distribution are morally unacceptable.

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William F. Parker, Govind Persad & Monica E. Peek, Four Recommendations to Efficiently and Equitably Accelerate the COVID-19 Vaccine Rollout, Health Affs. Forefront (Feb. 20, 2021), https://www.healthaffairs.org/content/forefront/four-recommendations-efficiently-and-equitably-accelerate-covid-19-vaccine-rollout.