WEBVTT 00:01.690 --> 00:03.840 - Well, we looked at distributing the vaccines. 00:03.840 --> 00:05.380 We wanted to go after a couple of tenets 00:05.380 --> 00:08.210 in order to kind of get a focus as to where we wanted to be. 00:08.210 --> 00:11.670 So the first tenet really is control and visibility. 00:11.670 --> 00:13.200 So what does that mean? 00:13.200 --> 00:14.033 Well, number one, 00:14.033 --> 00:15.370 we know that we're gonna have limited numbers 00:15.370 --> 00:16.420 of vaccines up front, 00:16.420 --> 00:17.934 and we have to target those vaccines 00:17.934 --> 00:20.750 towards our prioritized populations. 00:20.750 --> 00:23.177 And so we wanna make sure that we control those vaccines 00:23.177 --> 00:26.820 to get to those particular American public citizens 00:26.820 --> 00:27.800 that we have. 00:27.800 --> 00:28.633 In addition, 00:28.633 --> 00:30.880 we wanna have visibility of where it's at at all times, 00:30.880 --> 00:32.260 because it's gonna be unprecedented. 00:32.260 --> 00:33.300 The scrutiny is gonna come down 00:33.300 --> 00:35.330 with respect to where are the vaccines. 00:35.330 --> 00:36.840 Uptake, the second tenet. 00:36.840 --> 00:39.390 We wanna make sure that we don't have imbalances 00:39.390 --> 00:40.870 between supply and demand. 00:40.870 --> 00:41.820 Are there overages here, 00:41.820 --> 00:42.700 are the shortages there. 00:42.700 --> 00:44.140 So we want to always have 00:44.140 --> 00:47.980 that particular uptake information available to us. 00:47.980 --> 00:50.280 Next is called basically, traceability. 00:50.280 --> 00:51.420 What does that really mean? 00:51.420 --> 00:52.650 Traceability means hey, look. 00:52.650 --> 00:54.970 We, number one, we have to notify people 00:54.970 --> 00:57.210 because five of the six vaccines require a second dose. 00:57.210 --> 00:58.460 We want to be able to notify people. 00:58.460 --> 00:59.880 So we have to notify them. 00:59.880 --> 01:01.680 And then we have to have verification. 01:01.680 --> 01:03.890 We have to verify that the first vaccine they got 01:03.890 --> 01:05.570 was a Moderna vaccine, for instance. 01:05.570 --> 01:08.410 Well, their second vaccine becomes a Moderna one as well, 01:08.410 --> 01:10.190 as these vaccines are not interchangeable. 01:10.190 --> 01:12.970 And finally coverage, the final tenet. 01:12.970 --> 01:15.100 We are gonna have to go beyond the brick and mortar 01:15.100 --> 01:17.000 of a normal pharmacy that you're used to, 01:17.000 --> 01:18.340 or doctor's office, or hospital. 01:18.340 --> 01:20.070 We have to get to long-term health care facilities. 01:20.070 --> 01:21.830 We have to get to meat packing plants. 01:21.830 --> 01:22.880 We have to go mobile. 01:22.880 --> 01:25.510 And so we have to be able to cover the entire United States 01:25.510 --> 01:28.813 and not depend on people to come to us. 01:32.100 --> 01:34.120 Well, the normal flu vaccine, again, 01:34.120 --> 01:37.700 similarities and differences between the COVID-19 vaccine 01:37.700 --> 01:39.030 and a flu vaccine. 01:39.030 --> 01:39.863 The flu vaccine, 01:39.863 --> 01:41.320 the influenza vaccine every year, 01:41.320 --> 01:43.570 basically a company comes up with the vaccine 01:44.651 --> 01:47.520 and all kinds of participants order those vaccines. 01:47.520 --> 01:49.910 Whether it be CVS, whether it be a doctor's office, 01:49.910 --> 01:51.410 or a hospital, a public health center, 01:51.410 --> 01:52.770 they order those vaccines 01:52.770 --> 01:55.100 and the particular company ships the vaccines 01:55.100 --> 01:56.760 to that administration site. 01:56.760 --> 01:58.040 This is a little bit different with respect 01:58.040 --> 02:01.240 to the early days with COVID and then the COVID vaccine, 02:01.240 --> 02:02.710 because up front, again, 02:02.710 --> 02:04.840 we talk about prioritization of people. 02:04.840 --> 02:07.050 Our citizens that are most vulnerable. 02:07.050 --> 02:08.600 Our frontline healthcare providers. 02:08.600 --> 02:10.160 We've gotta be able to get those vaccines 02:10.160 --> 02:12.210 to those particular populations first. 02:12.210 --> 02:14.868 So we want to push that vaccine out as opposed 02:14.868 --> 02:17.900 to being pulled in the normal influenza model. 02:17.900 --> 02:19.210 Now when we get hundreds of millions 02:19.210 --> 02:20.470 of vaccines available to us, 02:20.470 --> 02:23.000 we'll be able to just follow the normal influenza model 02:23.000 --> 02:24.217 as a pull system. 02:26.630 --> 02:27.600 Oh, absolutely. 02:27.600 --> 02:29.480 Yeah, in terms of my confidence, we can do this. 02:29.480 --> 02:31.530 We're doing it now with the influenza vaccine. 02:31.530 --> 02:32.646 You know, 02:32.646 --> 02:34.900 the normal places that you're used to getting your shot, 02:34.900 --> 02:37.030 whether it be the doctor's office or hospital, 02:37.030 --> 02:39.500 or one of the many chain pharmacies that are out there, 02:39.500 --> 02:40.770 we can do this today with that. 02:40.770 --> 02:43.320 We can certainly do this with the COVID-19 vaccine. 02:45.910 --> 02:47.610 Yeah, so if you want to talk about power 02:47.610 --> 02:49.650 between the tie up between the CDC 02:49.650 --> 02:50.483 and the Department of Defense, 02:50.483 --> 02:51.810 and even HHS for that matter, 02:51.810 --> 02:53.180 CDC brings a lot to the table. 02:53.180 --> 02:54.730 They're very used to working with the states. 02:54.730 --> 02:56.500 They understand the distribution process. 02:56.500 --> 02:58.450 They understand how to get the vaccines out there. 02:58.450 --> 02:59.283 They do it over and over, 02:59.283 --> 03:00.430 each and every single year. 03:00.430 --> 03:02.390 Vaccines for children and the rest. 03:02.390 --> 03:04.650 The power the DoD brings is that urgency. 03:04.650 --> 03:05.811 The planners that we have, 03:05.811 --> 03:08.795 the multiple capabilities to secure supply chains 03:08.795 --> 03:11.150 to be able to get after the manufacturing, 03:11.150 --> 03:12.090 not only the distribution, 03:12.090 --> 03:13.380 but the manufacturing piece. 03:13.380 --> 03:14.560 Then on the distribution side, 03:14.560 --> 03:16.785 the ability to plan for every single contingency 03:16.785 --> 03:19.270 in working with the states and the CDC. 03:19.270 --> 03:21.283 That relationship is powerful. 03:23.900 --> 03:25.210 We've understood that there has been questions 03:25.210 --> 03:26.810 with respect to the readiness of the states, 03:26.810 --> 03:28.150 and I will tell you that they are ready, 03:28.150 --> 03:29.230 and I will tell you this. 03:29.230 --> 03:31.440 We've provided a lot of capability to the states. 03:31.440 --> 03:34.820 Number one, $200 million went out to the states recently, 03:34.820 --> 03:36.280 and then they submitted their plans 03:36.280 --> 03:38.450 of how they were going to execute the administration. 03:38.450 --> 03:40.730 And between now and the 15th of December, 03:40.730 --> 03:41.970 now we've seen those plans. 03:41.970 --> 03:44.420 Another $140 million worth of assistance 03:44.420 --> 03:45.710 will go out to the states. 03:45.710 --> 03:46.890 In addition to that, 03:46.890 --> 03:48.540 the vaccine is free. 03:48.540 --> 03:50.760 And then also the ability to administer it, 03:50.760 --> 03:52.550 all the needles and syringes, 03:52.550 --> 03:54.350 all the things necessary for the administration, 03:54.350 --> 03:56.820 that's all being provided with the vaccine 03:56.820 --> 03:59.130 at the particular administration site for the states. 03:59.130 --> 03:59.963 In addition, 03:59.963 --> 04:00.796 we have given the states 04:00.796 --> 04:03.330 a very high speed computer type system, 04:03.330 --> 04:06.530 an IT system that allows them to be able to play 04:06.530 --> 04:10.270 within the architecture to determine where vaccines are, 04:10.270 --> 04:11.240 where there are shortages, 04:11.240 --> 04:13.440 where there are supplies, issues, and so forth. 04:13.440 --> 04:15.510 We've sent IT specialists down to each one 04:15.510 --> 04:17.290 of the states in order to help them through 04:17.290 --> 04:19.630 that process in order to use this very new tool 04:19.630 --> 04:21.593 and very creative tool called Tiberius. 04:23.930 --> 04:24.763 Sure. 04:24.763 --> 04:25.596 My name is Paul Ostrowski, 04:25.596 --> 04:26.900 and I'm the Director for Supply, 04:26.900 --> 04:28.350 Production, and Distribution.