Originally Posted by
Icarus2001
Check my maths...
Assuming 20,000,000 people to vaccinate, over eight months, March to October...
That requires 2,500,000 people per month to be vaccinated.
Assuming thirty days in a month, that requires 83,333 people PER DAY to be vaccinated.
OR
March to October is 245 days. 20,000,000 people into 245 days requires 81,632 PER DAY vaccinated.
Perhaps 20,000,000 is too ambitious?
The Pfizer vaccine needs special storage, transport and staff, but other vaccines like AZ can be transported and injected by GPs and pharmacists like a flu vaccine.
At the moment there’s less than a dozen vaccination sites in each state for Pfizer, as opposed to hundreds of GP clinics and Pharmacies that will be available when the more easily distributed vaccines come on line. So the rate of vaccination will shoot right up.
The UK has triple the population and is vaccinating
up to 400,000 per day. So Australia could get up 130,000 per day for the same rate and according to that math would only need 80,000 per day to reach the October target.
So it’s easily achievable, and for most Australians who are located in major urban centres should get access within months. The later time frame will be to get the vaccine to more remote communities I would say.