This week, America officially recorded 250,000 deaths from the coronavirus.

The actual number is probably a lot higher.

And as we all know, the only end in sight will come from a vaccine.

It looks like several might be ready soon.

In fact, Pfizer may ask the FDA for emergency use authorization for its vaccine as soon as

Friday.

But that doesn't mean anything if the vaccine can't actually make its way to you.

This is a really quite extraordinary, logistically complex undertaking.

Paul Mango is the deputy chief of staff for policy at the Department of Health and Human

Services.

And a lot of uncertainties right now, I think the message we want you to leave with

is we are prepared for all of those.

And uncertainties like how will we keep track of who's getting vaccinated and when?

You see the two leading vaccines from Pfizer and Moderna are stored at different temperatures

and they require different preparation before they can be injected.

Pfizer requires two doses, 21 days apart, Moderna, two doses, 28 days apart.

And healthcare providers need to be sure that a patient getting the first dose of say the

Pfizer vaccine doesn't accidentally get a dose of the Moderna vaccine because they're not

interchangeable.

What we're working with is all the states and their capabilities and capacities that they

have and what we've created is a system that integrates all that information into one.

That's Guest Pernet.

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