# How does vaccine distribution work? **URL:** \ **Category:** The Quarantine Zone\ **Tags:** covid-quarantine\ **Created:** [November 23, 2020, 4:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-does-vaccine-distribution-work/926275 "2020-11-23T16:31:49Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 1\ **Showing post:** 14
**Author:** ![eschrodinger](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/eschrodinger/32/122_2.png) [@eschrodinger](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/eschrodinger)\ **Post date:** [November 24, 2020, 11:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-does-vaccine-distribution-work/926275/14 "2020-11-24T23:03:27Z")
In the breaking news thread, there was a point about needing enough people who can give the vaccinations. > [@Coronavirus COVID-19 (2019-nCoV) Thread - 2020 Breaking News](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/coronavirus-covid-19-2019-ncov-thread-breaking-news/847758/5806): > > Getting from the factories and into millions of arms twice is very, very complex and daunting. Storage, vials, stoppers, labels, transport, needles, syringes, alcohol wipes, masks, gloves, forms, clerks, hardware, software, input mechanisms, enough people who know how to poke a needle into an arm and are willing to risk working in PPE in close and constant proximity to by definition unvaccinated strangers for days on end, months on end, while simultaneously enough of those trained professionals … I wonder if volunteers or temp workers can be trained up to do it. It’s not difficult to give an IM shot. Perhaps there could be a crew of volunteers and a small number of medical pros who can be called on if there’s anything unusual or difficult that comes up. I’d consider volunteering – I’ve given myself and my spouse IM shots, and it was easy. (I acknowledge that there could be difficulties from time to time, hence the suggestion to have medical pros available.) --- _[View the full topic](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-does-vaccine-distribution-work/926275)._