They have mobile units for collecting blood

[lame54]

Why not for administering vaccines to reach neighborhoods that have few or no clinics and pharmacies?

[The Velveteen Ocelot]

1. I believe that's something that's being looked at - maybe by NG

deployed to assist per Biden's orders.

[LizBeth]

2. Didn't they use to have that? Back in the day. I remember getting my polio maybe at school in first

grade. In the school. They lined us up.

[brewens]

3. They should look into getting some of the blood centers to run vaccination clinics.

I'm recently retired from working mobile blood drives. Many of the regular blood drives have been shut down because of COVID. I know the center I worked for has staff on short hours and mobile vehicles and equipment not being used.

I'm not sure if regular phlebotomists are allowed to give vaccine injections but they could certainly handle it. Giving shots is a joke compared to drawing units of blood. The centers these days don't have many nurses working for them.

[lame54]

7. Anybody can give arm shots...

Like taking a CPR class

[The Velveteen Ocelot]

4. Right now the biggest problem in most places seems to be supply.

Once there's enough of it available, using something like Bloodmobiles would be a great way to get it to rural areas where needed.

[mucifer]

5. President Biden stated in last week's Covid speech that is what they will do.

[Brush Bunny]

6. What needs to happen is,

every School and Community Center needs to be used as mass Vaccination Centers. We did it in the period after WW2,we can do it again. We Vaccinated the whole of the Nation with in weeks. And same as the Census,people were hired to go door to door making sure everyone got their vaccinations. And yes even in the rural areas.

[LisaL]

8. Because there are not enough vaccines to administer.

NT

[SlogginThroughIt]

9. Remember there has to be appropriate refrigeration.