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So far, the United States has not bragged much about the coronavirus epidemic. Most of the infected and most of the dead come from here, and the data is not very bright even when viewed in proportion to the country’s population.
By now, however, the cube appears to have turned.
The number of new cases and daily deaths in the country is also declining significantly from its peak in January, and now they appear to be long-lasting trends, not just fluctuations. It is, of course, a huge country, whose Member States can often differ more than the EU Member States. However, it is worth taking a closer look at Arizona, which is a state with about the same population as Hungary.
Arizona’s largest healthcare provider, Banner Health, said the positive test rate has dropped from about 25 percent in January to about 6 percent, and the reproductive rate of infections is currently around 0. , 6, which means that each infected person transmits the virus to less than one person, that is, a greater decrease in the number of cases is expected. Consequently, the state governor, Republican Doug Doucey, has already decided on a partial reopening, of course to the great delight of local businessmen. But what is the basis for this state to achieve such success? Is there a model that can be adopted for us?
The Arizona model
In Arizona, vaccinations began in mid-December with Pfizer and then a few weeks later with the Modera vaccines. These were recently joined by the now single-dose vaccine from Janssen in Belgium and its US owner, Johnson & Johnson. 
At this stage, most of these institutions organized the vaccines themselves. They were immediately followed in Phase 1 / B by teachers, law enforcement officers, and people over the age of 75, as well as those working in other “essential” jobs. This includes, for example, those who work in the food industry. It is memorable that at the beginning of the epidemic, some meat plants developed larger focal points, which at one point threatened the continuity of the food supply. Phase 1 / C is complemented by the inclusion of high-risk groups for the severe outcome of the infection. Roughly here is Arizona now, with more or less variations between the counties.
In total, 2,245,854 vaccines have been administered so far, which means that 19.7% of the population has received at least one vaccine and 10.3% of those who have already received both vaccines.
This number is currently increasing with approximately 51,000 injections per day. The operation is also interesting: initially, huge vaccination points were set up, for example, in the parking lots of hospitals and larger stadiums, where nurses walked between cars in line to vaccinate the car’s occupants, just like a fast food system. This also prevented large crowds from gathering inside and queuing in the streets.
Photo: Zoltán Vajó / Index
In the state, most have been administered from the Pfizer vaccine, which increasingly appears to protect against British and Brazilian variants of the virus. The study on the matter appeared the day before yesterday in the New England Journal of Medicine, one of the highest-rated journals in the world and best recognized by the medical profession. Now, at the beginning of phase two, local supermarket pharmacies have also begun administering the vaccines, where the single-dose Janssen-Johnson vaccine is now available by appointment.
(Cover image: People line up with their cars at an Arizona fire station on February 11, 2021. Photo: Courtney Pedroza / Getty Images Hungary)
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