Coronavirus Watch: What the US can learn from Disneyland
The U.S. government could learn a thing or two from Disneyland, bank teller lines and airline reservation systems as it looks to accelerate a vaccination process that has gotten off to a slow start, Paste BN's panel of vaccine experts said.
Disneyland, which uses hourly arrival windows to maximize riders and minimize lines, could provide a model for vaccine distribution, one expert explained. Read more on that, and how vaccine rollout could soon be turning a corner.
It's Monday, and this is Coronavirus Watch from the Paste BN Network. Here's more news to know today, as of 1:30 p.m. EST.
- The U.S. was approaching 400,000 deaths from COVID-19 on Monday, a devastating mark that nearly amounts to the total U.S. casualties from World War II.
- Many celebrations for Martin Luther King Jr. Day were canceled, but cities found ways to remotely honor the holiday, which comes in the throngs of a pandemic that has especially devastated Black Americans.
- Acceptance of COVID-19 vaccines is rising, a new Paste BN/Suffolk University poll finds, but so is pessimism about getting back to normal.
- Rebekah Jones, the fired Florida data scientist-turned-whistleblower who built the state's COVID-19 dashboard, turned herself in to police Sunday night as she faces a felony charge and a possible ban on using computers and the internet.
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– Jay Cannon, Paste BN Network and Wires Editor, @JayTCannon on Twitter.