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How a vial of Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine travels from a lab in Missouri to an arm in Bangladesh

  • Written by Ravi Anupindi, Professor of Technology and Operations, University of Michigan
How a vial of Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine travels from a lab in Missouri to an arm in BangladeshA Bangladeshi man gets his jab.AP Photo/Mahmud Hossain Opu

Inoculating the planet from COVID-19 presents an unprecedented logistical challenge like none we’ve seen before. Mobilizing for a world war may be the closest comparison – but in this case, the enemy is invisible and everywhere.

Some of the vaccines require super-cold storage at...

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