I've been looking at some of the numbers for vaccine distribution and utilization and it got me wondering, should we change how we're distributing doses? I read something yesterday about KY receiving 214,000 doses but using 125,000. The article mentions thousands of appointments going unfilled.
https://www.kentucky.com/news/coronavirus/article250527349.html
Should we be looking at utilization percentages by state and moving more doses to the states that have high demand for the vaccine? Or maybe a "use it or lose it" approach where the states have a given amount of time from receiving to administering? If the goal is to get shots in as many arms as possible, shouldn't we be sending doses where there's the most demand and where states are doing a good job of getting it in the arms of people who want the vaccine?
In Ohio we've made everyone 16 and up eligible as have several other states. What got me thinking about this was, I was talking with my sister in MA. Sis isn't eligible for the vaccine due to the way MA is administering doses. From what I found, MA has an 86% utilization percentage. It would see we'd want to get more doses to a state with a high utilization rate.