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VacsRUs?

First, you got flowers delivered from your loved one, then a college student –a Singing Cake — came to your door on your birthday to serenade you; next it was Pizza Delivery for the Big Game…, now: enter Door Dashers, Uber-all drivers, and soon, the ultimate … the VacSquad???

Excerpt from:

The Cold Truth about COVID-19 Vaccines

on the Cold Storage Delivery Chain & Management for End Users?
Toughest challenges
Esmon of Thermo Fisher Scientific identified the toughest challenges associated with COVID-19 vaccines. One is managing temperature throughout their distribution, achievable with temperature tracking devices and digital solutions. This is especially critical for mRNA vaccines, for which temperature maintenance represents a new challenge from standard vaccine delivery. Manufacturers also must ensure they can provide mRNA vaccines requiring -70º C temperature protection from the site of manufacture to their final destination.
There, the vaccines may be held in the original manufacturer’s shipper, which needs recharging after 10 days. Or they may be transferred to an ultra-low temperature freezer for storage or moved to a refrigerator if used within five days, in preparation for vaccination.
Esmon also identified gaps in the existing cold chain for vaccine distribution. The distribution process isn’t set up for large-scale transport of products that must be kept at ultra-low temperatures. Some manufacturers, he said, have responded by creating low-temperature storage containers for their vaccines that maintain a temperature of -70º C through transportation and up to 10 days with the aid of dry ice.
“We’re actively collaborating with FedEx, UPS, and large pharma manufacturers,” Esmon said. The logistics giants have established freezer farms enabling storage of large vaccine quantities. UPS’ farms are being built in Venlo, the Netherlands, and Louisville, KY. FedEx operates a Cold Chain Center in Memphis, TN, capable of storing frozen goods at -25º to -10º C. FedEx also added ten freezer facilities over the past three years, and plans to build more.
But very few pharmacies and clinics have equipment for storing and dispensing mRNA vaccines and other vaccines requiring very low temperature storage and for extended periods, Esmon said.
“These sites will need to have vaccination plans in place to manage these vaccines depending on the number of vaccines they receive and plan to distribute and in accordance with the parameters of the life of that vaccine,” Esmon said. “In many cases, because these vaccines are meant to be delivered quickly to patients and not stored, using the original shipping container or a 2º to 8º C refrigerator may be sufficient for the short time that vaccine is onsite prior to delivery to a patient.”