The UKs adoption of First Dose First is amazing and inspiring in a time when governments worldwide seem unable to operate effectively.
There are 2 things every country can do to save lives that have effectively zero cost and zero negative externalities:
- lifting lingering vaccine bans (the US's ban of AZ is most glaring)
- first dose first - the evidence is overwhelming at this point.
These two things, which could be done almost certainly by Biden alone (in the US), would allow possibly everyone who wants a vaccine to get one by the end of March, instead of July with the current projections. And this decision is effectively zero risk.
There are 2 things every country can do to save lives that have effectively zero cost and zero negative externalities:
- lifting lingering vaccine bans (the US's ban of AZ is most glaring)
- first dose first - the evidence is overwhelming at this point.
These two things, which could be done almost certainly by Biden alone (in the US), would allow possibly everyone who wants a vaccine to get one by the end of March, instead of July with the current projections. And this decision is effectively zero risk.