I walked in to the kupa and they had nurses sitting their waiting for people to come, doing nothing. And extra doses available that would be thrown out end of day
They schedule 10 minutes for each vaccination appointment when in reality it takes 2 minutes
https://www.pfizer.com/news/hot-topics/covid_19_vaccine_u_s_distribution_fact_sheetAfter defrosting, vaccines can be stored for 5 days at regular refrigerator temperatures of 2-8c
If doses are getting wasted for reasons like that that’s insane.
Allotting extra time per vaccination is preserving vaccines, if they would allot less time than it takes, they would run out of time before they run out of the scheduled doses.
Israel's lax prioritization is ensuring less waste. The more you limit the pool of people eligible to receive the vaccine, the harder it will be to find people to fill less likely vaccine slots - such as distant locations, odd times (some hospitals are vaccinating through the night), and surplus appointments that couldn't be guaranteed far enough in advance (staff surplus time, unpredictable no-shows, squeezing more doses out of the vials).
Israel should break 1m in a few days, 2m a week later, and get close to 3m before the second dose starts hogging capacity. Only 1.4m people over 65. Iyh Covid will be a thing of the past by Purim.
