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COVID-19: The Next Big Fight of 2021

Vaccination and vaccines will be the battle royal in 2020.

If we, as a world, are lucky enough to have a coronavirus vaccine or different vaccines available for manufacturing, distribution and injection in 2021, it will be a time of conflict for sure.

There will be innumerable issues to overcome.

  • Is the vaccine safe?
  • How many doses can be manufactured?
  • Who is eligible to get the vaccine(s) first?
  • How effective is the vaccine? (none are 100%)
  • What are the protocols for opening up businesses? 
  • Can only those vaccinated go back to work?
  • How will vaccinations be recorded and verified?
  • Get the picture!
And then there is the entire anti-vaccination movement to contend with. It amazes me that it is the more educated people who do "research" on the Internet are the ones more likely to become believers in the anti-vaccination movement. I hope you then also don't go to the doctor when you become ill. Why should you trust them for everything -- but vaccinations?

I do have a category of people who I call "smart dummies."  

Eric Holdeman is a contributing writer for Emergency Management magazine and is the former director of the King County, Wash., Office of Emergency Management.