Who has stated the following:
- The U.S. Military is not transporting the vaccine or using its own equipment.
- The U.S. Military has purchased no cold storage to store the vaccine for civilians.
- The U.S. Military is only providing advice. Nothing more.
As discussed before, the military is deeply involved in the logistics planning and part of the planning has been to place the actual operations in the hands of those who - even the military has included- are better equipped and suited to carry out a civilian operation through civilian supply chains. You see military logistics as having to result in military personnel with uniforms on handling supplies. Whereas Warp Speed, for example, has recruited Walmart, CVS, Rite Aid, and Walgreens to distribute right where many people are everyday. You want to see army tents down in the local park with nurses and doctors in uniform to give you that military feeling that will make us like the EU or whoever your model is here.
And the other example I gave is that the military is not transporting vaccine in cold storage planes because they contracted with United Airlines and American Airlines to take many airplanes that are not being utilized due to pandemic and convert them for specific cold storage use- that the military does have. But no, you want to see those military planes with that military look.
The problem is that the vaccines seem to be coming along nicely and ahead of schedule and you are looking for a new point of failure to backfill the hope that Trump would fail on the vaccines. Give it some time. It is a big operation and you will find the failure you need to see, somewhere. Not sure how you have become so convinced that just because the europeans are involving the military that that automatically makes it the right way.
Ok. I think we had this same discussion the other day so it is a bit repetitive. But, I got it. You want to see those military planes and tanks rolling down the street to feel like the government is on top of things. Some people just want a vaccine. Maybe down at Walmart while they are getting some taco sauce on tuesday. Joe would not be having this problem. If Joe were in charge he would have a few more years before the vaccine was even approved so he could do some real spiffy planning in that time period.
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