Idaho health care workers began receiving their first dose of Pfizer’s COVID-19 vaccine Monday. It was a day we’ve all been waiting for and gives a glimmer of hope during the most deadly phase of the pandemic in Idaho. But how exactly is the vaccine being handled to ensure it will do its job and protect folks against the coronavirus?
The Pfizer vaccine in Idaho right now — which was the first to receive emergency authorization from the FDA — needs to be kept at extreme cold temperatures. Minus 70 degrees Celsius, to be exact.
Cold storage of the vaccine is one part of the puzzle. The other piece? Having an accurate monitoring system to alert the people delivering and administering it if things go wrong.
One of the companies in charge of this part of the Herculean U.S. vaccine effort is a Boise-based company. Nick Ioli and Lindsay Meloy of AmericanPharma join Idaho Matters live to talk about this huge undertaking.
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