Why couldn’t some vaccinator from the government — or a healthcare provider it contracts with — knock on the door with a COVID-19 vaccine and stick it in our arms? But so are the federal government’s multitrillion-dollar pandemic relief packages that are already used up, just enacted and still being proposed. Until the vast majority of us get vaccinated, hard times will continue for much of the country, including restaurants and other small businesses. But all governments — federal, state and local — had 10 months lead time to plan a better vaccine distribution system than what we currently have. But governments and providers are bogged down trying to get the vaccine into people’s arms.

Source: Los Angeles Times January 25, 2021 08:02 UTC