Planes, dry ice, pharmacies: the logistical challenges of Covid-19 vaccines

The United States could be the first country to launch one of the most ambitious vaccine operations in history: distributing and administering up to 600 million doses of a Covid-19 vaccine in just a few months. Massive vaccine campaigns are nothing new — they have been carried out for decades in the fight against the measles and flu, for example. But stamping out the coronavirus is a distinctly new challenge due to three factors: the short time…