Additionally, could you imagine something that cold being injected into you.
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Additionally, could you imagine something that cold being injected into you.
Crap, wouldn't you know it, there is a temporary industry-wide shortage of ultra cold freezers due to a mandated switchover to hydrocarbon refrigerants.
https://www.summitappliance.com/freezer-inventory-updates
It appears that Summit Appliance Division of Felix Storch, Inc. is a COVID-19 Response manufacturer of ultra low temp freezers. I'll have to check out their stock prices!
https://www.thomasnet.com/profile/1...archpos=5&what=Ultra+Low+Temperature+Freezers
Linn-Mar is moving one middle school to virtual tomorrow and a PK-8 is going hybrid (every other day in person) next week through Christams break.
GMG school board refuses to do anything.
Sounds like Benton Community is moving to virtual as well. Heard a rumor about College Community too.
GMG school board refuses to do anything.
Sounds like Benton Community is moving to virtual as well. Heard a rumor about College Community too.
I would imagine it will still have to be transported at -94 F. Once you put it in refrigeration rather than ultra cold freezing your 5 day clock for use begins. If you transport at less than that threshold you might only have 3 days left for use once it arrives.
The problem with that is that I didn't run across any trailers, boxcars, etc that were ultra low temp freezers. There may be some that I missed. The ones that I saw, like those made by Summit Appliance, were like the size of a residential refrigerator. It would be hard to transport hundreds of thousands (or millions) of vaccine doses (or more) in those.
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As an aside, now I'm wondering where in the heck Pfizer is storing millions of doses of the vaccine at -94F. That would be a lot of ultra low temp freezer storage space. Very costly also.
The naturefridge cryogenic trailer looks to show promise if they are using nitrogen for cooling, but I couldn't find the temperature range to see if it goes that low. All I could find was a video and some pictures of actual trailers.
As long as there isn't a maximum cold #. Liquid N will work.
It looks like a lot of people are wondering how this is going to get accomplished also.
https://www.reuters.com/article/us-...he-local-pharmacy-any-time-soon-idUSKBN27P2VI
Here's a detailed description on how Pfizer plans to distribute the vaccine, yikes. They've build a "freezer farm" in Michigan to store the vaccine until approval is given.
https://www.nbcnews.com/business/bu...ffort-distribute-coronavirus-vaccine-n1247147
https://www.nbcnews.com/business/bu...ffort-distribute-coronavirus-vaccine-n1247147
Availability of dry ice is a concern. Need to get this bad boy up and running - stat!
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Johnston going online starting Friday through at least Thanksgiving.
Understandable given the circumstances but still frustrating because I could see significant learning progress in the three weeks my daughter has been in-person learning. It feels like she learned more in those three weeks than she did the rest of the school year so far.
Understandable given the circumstances but still frustrating because I could see significant learning progress in the three weeks my daughter has been in-person learning. It feels like she learned more in those three weeks than she did the rest of the school year so far.
From CNN, Pfizer says vaccine "the greatest medical advance in the last 100 years.” Will have 1 billion doses early next year.
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EU wants Pfizer vaccine
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EU to sign shortly supply deal for Pfizer COVID vaccine
The European Union will soon sign a contract for millions of doses of the COVID-19 vaccine being developed by Pfizer <PFE.N> and BioNTech <BNTX.O>, the head of the European Commission Ursula von der Leyen said on Monday.
Yeah it sucks because my kids were getting in the groove of being back full time and seemed like Johnston had decent procedures in place. I tested positive today and trying to retrace my steps it points to one of my kids bringing it home.
From the CDC Data Tracker, as of November 9, 2020, the U.S. FDA had authorized 288 coronavirus diagnostic tests, which include 223 molecular tests, 58 antibody tests, and 7 antigen tests, since the COVID-19 pandemic began in early 2020.
Years from now when the history of the Covid-19 pandemic is written it will no doubt note the remarkable speed at which diagnostic testing, therapeutic treatments and vaccine(s) were developed.
Years from now when the history of the Covid-19 pandemic is written it will no doubt note the remarkable speed at which diagnostic testing, therapeutic treatments and vaccine(s) were developed.
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