“HHS plans for a tiered approach to vaccine distribution, which will build on allocation methodology developed as part of pandemic flu planning,” agency says in a fact sheet on Operation Warp Speed.
- Allocation methodology will “be adjusted based on experience during the first wave of the COVID-19 response, data on the virus and its impact on populations and the performance of each vaccine, and the needs of the essential workforce,” HHS says
- Program will plan and prepare infrastructure for distribution before vaccines are approved or authorized
- NOTE: The White House,
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