The vaccine I think currently is travelling by UPS (or maybe fedex) from the
factory to the distribution sites as they had special trucks they used for
extra cold deliveries. The distribution sites are usually hospitals or places
that already handle ultra cold medicine -a major headache is that these places
are really scarce in rural areas. Pubic health or hospitals staff then take the
vacciens to outlying sites in specially refrigerated boxes.
Amazons delivery system is I think (at least here) mainly contracted folks paid
by the piece - the trucks often are done on personal loans from Amazon - you
really don't want them handling vaccine. I would not want them handling
expensive art either. There is also a lot of back and forth between systems .
Amazon bypasses the regional postal mess by delivering packages to local post
offices who then deliver them to houses in addition to direct prime deliveries.
You often see Fedex, UPS and Prime trucks in and out of the post office.
George
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From: "Mark Nevins" <dmarc-noreply@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: comicartl@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Sent: Thursday, January 14, 2021 11:19:06 AM
Subject: [comicart-l] Re: POST OFFICE- It is time to fix it
Fair enough, Mark, but perhaps this would also be an opportunity for them to
improve their general delivery of chilled and frozen good. Win-win: everyone
gets the shots and you get fresher groceries.
If Bezos and Co were interested it would certainly be possible and HUGE
positive PR.
I’m not suggesting they just shove the vaccine in with the OJ and avocados. 😁.
Many many businesses have been refitted for this pandemic. Why not UPS and
Amazon trucks?
Mark Nevins
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On Jan 14, 2021, at 11:00, Mark F McDermott <journey2@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
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They (AMZN Fresh) can’t even deliver chilled or frozen products. The frozen
items would occasionally (depending upon that day’s temperature) be thawed out
as they are placed only in brown paper bags and they tend to drive around in a
non-refrigerated vehicle for 90 to 120 minutes. From what I have heard, the
vaccine
requires critical storage, temperature control. Thus, adding inoculations to
their repertoire might be a bit of a stretch…
Mark
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Not to be a wise ass, but if we could teach and certify Amazon and UPS drivers
to safely administer the vaccine, we could all be inoculated by St. Patrick’s
Day.
Mark Nevins
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On Jan 14, 2021, at 10:20, yellowkd@xxxxxxx wrote:
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My guess is that more than just I on this list, have had problems with the post
office recently. I currently have a package sent to Western Pennsylvania that
is out over 30 days. Things are getting better - I got a package of silent
animate DVDs from New York media mail in 5 days yesterday and some comics also
media mail arrived in 12.
One of the key problems here is the virus which has deeply affected the
regional sorting hub in Detroit (and it seems elsewhere based on my tracking
packages-there are obvious regional centers that are in crisis).
As such I found it interesting yesterday in talking to postal workers (ship a
lot, you know a lot of postal workers- I am also on the local post office
advisory board so I talk to a lot of people about the post office) to discover
there is no plan to vaccinate postal workers! Yep the best way to do it is
offer it on the job- all these folks locally are in the post office picking up
or sorting mail at key times of the day. You bring in the vaccine and get every
worker who wants one gets it at the same time. I mean it ain't rocket science
and it is a federal program.
Right now a key part of commerce due to the pandemic and a key support for all
types of small businesses is the post office. It is a essential that it works
well. A lot of little main street stores are only surviving because they are
selling on line.
So I am sending off an email to my Senators telling them this needs to be
addressed and with a new administration coming in with people who think
government should work - maybe we can see some solutions-
Best George Hagenauer
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