Solving the dry ice challenge for COVID vaccine

I must be perfectly honest with some here. As a senior, the virus does not spread to us by osmosis. Yet we are by all measurements, the most likely to experience devastating results. I don't see that as hysteria, but a real fear for those in my age group (which represents almost 20% of the U.S. population).

We do not bury our heads in the sand, but so many do isolate themselves to keep from getting sick. We watch as those who do get it, are not here today. Some are our friends and family.

Yes, today there are more treatments available today (versus what we had in March), and it is prudent that an infrastructure to be put in place for the distribution of these vaccines.

Also remember, it is mostly spread by those younger than us. And what scares us as much as the illness, is too many in society today have become so selfish - thinking that the welfare of others in our community do not matter.

Science will find a way and the wanna-be's and huckers will drop the wayside.

You must not be from the US as Canadian deaths attributed to C-19 are ~12,000 and Mexico ~104,000. What country has only 1 death due to C-19? Are you suggesting that governments are playing the numbers?

One would think that companies such as Yeti or Engel, who makes high end coolers that can keep things cold for days with little ice, could have devised something that would work. At least there are those working on the storage solution needs.

Wow. Are you guys serious? The US death rate from COVID is making you look like the laughing stock of the world, and yet some of you continue to keep your head firmly wedged in the sand. Apogee of stupidity?
Yeah - I think you're already there mate.

I think one needs to look at the deaths per million to get a true picture of what's going on. Total numbers are deceptive. Obviously a larger population might lead to higher overall covid cases. As of 11/27/20 of the 19 countries listed with deaths per million over 700 the USA comes in at 11. Obviously not a number to be proud of but certainly not one out of line with some other European countries, etc.
https://www.statista.com/statistics/1104709/coronavirus-deaths-worldwide-per-million-inhabitants/

Yes this vaccine that 99.99% of you do not need for this virus that is at least that inconsequential. But any vaccine is better than no vaccine as a cure for mass hysteria, juvenile irrational fear, and irremediable prideful ignorance and its corollaries of necromancy and preposterous mythologies. Just get your wheelchair exercises going b/c dont believe a highly immunogenic vaccine such as this will have zero side effects and we know from past experience we can expect some neurologic consequences. I'm getting the popcorn b/c we haven't reached the apogee of stupidity quite yet.

and the boss is compiling about shortage of LIQUID CO2!!!!!! that only exists under considerable pressure................gives me lots of confidence he knows what the hell he is talking about.

This study suggests that the overall death rate in the US has not changed but more of those deaths have been classified as due to Covid-19. Deaths from the leading causes in the past such as heart disease, cancer, chronic respiratory diseases and stroke are all down by the amount that Covid deaths are up. Example: the next county to ours had its first Covid death last week. Patient was 90+ years old with a terminal illness and had been in hospice for a while. Normally to get palliative hospice care you have to have a life expectancy of less than 6 months due to the underlying illness In this case it was not Covid. Yet when she died her attending has labeled the death "due to Covid". Make of it what you will.

“All of this points to no evidence that COVID-19 created any excess deaths. Total death numbers are not above normal death numbers. We found no evidence to the contrary,” Briand concluded.
https://web.archive.org/web/20201126043553/https://www.jhunewsletter.com/article/2020/11/a-closer-look-at-u-s-deaths-due-to-covid-19