COVID Vaccine Distribution: Pfizer Plans ‘Dry Run’ With Four States
Executive Summary
Unflustered by cold-chain complications, Pfizer aims to use it experience in shipping vaccine to its trial sites to show states of different sizes, diversity of populations and immunization infrastructures how best to distribute its product.
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