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by Bird on a Fire » Fri Nov 13, 2020 5:17 pm
I mean, it is possible they aren't total morons.
For example, if a substance needs to be kept at below 2°C, you could wait til it gets to 1.9°C and then hope that somebody nearby has immediate access to dry ice.
Or, you could watch it rise from -80°C to, say, -10°C, perhaps even keeping track of the rate of change, and send a notification saying "this needs to go back into deep freeze within 24/48 hours" or whatever.
And even then, given that it can apparently last quite a while between recharges, the tracking tech is probably more of a failsafe in case of equipment failure than a critical part of the distribution system.
The vaccine is going to be used in rich countries, which have loads of fridges and electricity and fast roads and reliable trucks. Distributing the vaccine is going to be easy.
In poor countries they might have to get people to distribute themselves closer to suitable vaccine storage areas, if they get a vaccine at all, but then again it's probably mostly people who live in places that have solar panels and generators that are more at risk of catching the virus anyway.
We have the right to a clean, healthy, sustainable environment.