The vaccination programs are picking up speed and are better organized than before January 20th.
We are not to a good place yet, but the programs are picking up speed.
Johnson and Johnson has asked for approval of its one dose vaccine, so may be 3 or 4 weeks.
Do not be passive, use the phone and Internet to find and register at vaccination sites. Some states are already moving into the 65 - 74 year old cohort.
There is light at the end of the tunnel, but it is a ways off.
The Biden administration has come out of the gate with a number of agressive measures to combat the Covid-19 pandemic.
Will these meaures be effective? Are we too late?
Time will tell.
The pandemic is causing a second crisis - deferred care.
Patients are hesitant to go to medical facilities and some facilities are limiting care, especially elective surgeries.
Not the providers' fault, not the patients' fault, but there will be a reckoning.
We need to begin addressing this soon.
Getting enough doses to the states is going ok, but not great.
Finding enough people and places to get people registered and have someone push the plunger is moving very slowly.
This will get done, but not as fast as we would like.
For those of you coming nearer the top of the list, check every possible option within your range of easy travel.
As the blog is restarted I will also be writing long form pieces;
See https://tomealey.substack.com
Many of the pieces will involve health care operations and policy.
