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Vaccine distribution is a mess. Time to call in the National Guard. | Expert Opinion

A wartime-like focus on vaccination is needed as the country struggles with less than 40% of distributed dose administered.

Members of the West Virginia National Guard monitor statewide efforts to distribute COVID-19 vaccines Thursday, Jan. 14, 2021, at the National Guard Joint Forces headquarters in Charleston, W.Va. West Virginia has emerged an unlikely success in the nation’s otherwise chaotic vaccine rollout. Officials also credit a 50-person command center at the state’s National Guard headquarters just outside the capital of Charleston.
Members of the West Virginia National Guard monitor statewide efforts to distribute COVID-19 vaccines Thursday, Jan. 14, 2021, at the National Guard Joint Forces headquarters in Charleston, W.Va. West Virginia has emerged an unlikely success in the nation’s otherwise chaotic vaccine rollout. Officials also credit a 50-person command center at the state’s National Guard headquarters just outside the capital of Charleston.Read moreJohn Raby / AP
    by Efrat R. Kean and Patricia C. Henwood, For The Inquirer
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