Patrick McKenzie

On the, like, yes, less yay side, like, tech is not exactly a stranger to having bureaucracies.

And in some cases, it was a matter of, like, oh, indicatively, we want to support that.

But we have a process.

And that process went on for six weeks.

And by the time six weeks was over, it was May.

And not to the credit of funders, by May...

Most people in the professional managerial class who had prioritized getting a vaccine for themselves and their loved ones had succeeded at that.

And they said, okay, so the vaccination supply problem pretty much solved, right?

I'm like, no, it is not solved right now.

It is solved for the people who are smartest about working the system in a way it was not solved for even them back in January.

But there are many people who are not yet vaccinated and they say that's a vaccine hesitancy issue.

No, it is not merely a vaccine hesitancy issue.

It is still the case that there are logistical problems.

It is still the case that people don't know that you can just Google the vaccine now.

It is still the case that around the edges of the American medical system in places that are like underserved, etc., people don't have it or they can't get transportation, etc., etc.,

you should continue funding this team for the next couple of months so that we can do what we can around the edges here.

And I was told, again, people can do what they want with their own money.

And I understand that charitable funders have many things.

It's just like, okay, relative to the other places we can put money to work in the world,

uh further investment in the american vaccine supply situation as of may and looking forward doesn't make sense for us could you do it in another nation and uh we said like okay uh we're the american effort we have some advantages here we would not have them in the other the other nation we did talk to people there we