Washington residents are still months away from seeing a coronavirus vaccine, but the state already has plans.
Health Secretary John Wiesman said the Department of Health is developing the infrastructure to temporarily distribute the vaccine to people.
“We need to be in a position whenever a vaccine is available, and a vaccine that has been tested for protection and efficacy,” Wiesman said. “This [infrastructure] will be in one position when the time comes. “
Trump’s leadership has called on states to be in a position to receive a vaccine until November, but Wiesman warned that a vaccine will first have to succeed over many obstacles, such as “going through phase 3 of [clinical] trials. “
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“We, at the state level, must in fact make sure that the drug is an effective arrangement. . . and we need to make sure that the federal government takes all mandatory steps to ensure that any spread of this vaccine has no political motivation,” he said.
However, even when inoculation is available, others may not be able to get it right away.
“What we do know is that whatever vaccine enters, at first it will be in small amounts and in small amounts, and that’s actually what some of the methods say, that we expect a small amount of vaccines, perhaps in the future. ten of the millions for the total United States,” Wiesman said.
The total population of the US and its allies in the Middle East and the United States have been able to do so. But it’s not the first time It is approximately 330 million, so it will be some time before they can be vaccinated against COVID-19 and life can resume as usual. Wiesman said receptors will have to be prioritized, which is “typical of new vaccines. “
“It would probably be for other people with the maximum threat of COVID-19,” Wiesman said. “This would possibly come with physical care workers, other workers, lifeguards and others with the highest threat of headaches or serious problems,” he added. death: other people, for example, who are older. “
The news, he says, is that more doses will follow.
“Every time a vaccine arrives, either by the end of this year or early next year, we will have a small number of vaccines, and then more vaccines will come and the source will start to increase,” he said.