In the table below, NCMM has compiled the following examples of how states are working to transport people to vaccination sites.
In another measure to keep riders safe, HIRTA has been working with Boone County Public Health to start the vaccination process for some drivers. While HIRTA is not requiring drivers get vaccinated, it is encouraging to see so many willing to step up and do what is necessary to keep themselves and their communities safe.
As hospitals and local clinics begin making calls to schedule COVID-19 vaccine appointments, transportation is becoming an issue for Coloradans. Nick Roper with Kaiser Permanente said they’re scheduling appointments, but vaccines are limited. He said if one location runs out of the vaccine, appointments will be re-routed to another location.
The high costs of COVID-19 are evident in lost jobs, dramatic falls in GDP growth, compromised schooling, shuttered restaurants, and much more. Some of these losses will be recovered over time, some will not. The human costs of the pandemic—above and beyond the gruesome death toll—are much more difficult to assess. Our analyses suggest that the emotional costs of the
