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That pretty much confirms my own impressions, though I'm still pretty pessimistic about how things will go here (in BC where I am, and in Canada generally). I'm willing to be pleasantly surprised, though. Right now it feels like there might be some wishful thinking going on, though I have no specific reason to believe that the vaccination forecasts are wrong, except for things like the Pfizer delays and that we haven't much exceeded 40,000 doses per day for well over a month (https://covid19tracker.ca/vaccinationtracker.html); this doesn't look like we're ramping up.

My biggest concern is how the more contagious variants will factor in, and that we still haven't approved more than the Pfizer... (read more)

What I'd expect to see to scale up getting needles in arms (off the top of my head):

• All major population centers with multiple vaccination centers (temporary tents, school gyms, etc)
  • Should go without saying that these places should be very strict about masks, distancing, ventilation, etc.
• Drop-in vaccinations allowed, forcing appointments shouldn't be a high priority
  • but make it easy to see delays
  • delays mean you probably don't have enough vaccination centers
  • quickly built appointment and tracking systems will themselves fail enough to slow down vaccinations; keep it simple and low-tech
• Don't worry so much about "fairness"
  • the goal is to get needles in arms, as quickly as possible (it doesn't much matter that the most vulnerable don't strictly