Name:   MartiniMan - Subject:   Vaccine distribution mistake in the U.S. Date:   3/10/2021 12:00:56 PM

Saw an interesting article comparing the approach in the UK versus the US and if correct, we made a mistake.  First, the current two vaccines are 90% effective after one dose and ~97% after the second dose.  So far in the US around 20M have gotten their second dose.  Second, in the UK they were advised to only give a single dose to all comers and then a second dose afterward.  Their infection rates are way down compared to the US because many more have gotten a first dose.

No recriminations about this but in hindsight we would have been far better off had we followed the UK strategy.  Lesson learned.