INFORMS Open Forum

Good evening,

Please find this week's COVID-19 News Updates featuring INFORMS Members in the News for (2/5/21 - 2/12/21). Please let me know if you have any comments or questions.

Thank you,
Jeff Cohen

 

COVID-19 INFORMS Members In The News

 

(2/10/2021 – 2/12/2021)

• COVID-19 is a wake-up call to strengthen our food supply chain amid shifting geopolitics (AgriFutures)

Joe Byrum

• Progress Toward the Intelligent Enterprise (MIT Sloan Management Review)

Joe Byrum

• Lack of monitoring contributes to vaccine line skipping (Carolina Public Press)

Julie Swann

• Some Line Skipping, Even As Seniors Wait For COVID-19 Vaccine (WFAE 90.7)

Julie Swann

• Rural Areas Face Challenges In COVID Vaccine Rollout (Illinois Newsroom)

Tinglong Dai

 

(2/8/2021 – 2/11/2021)

• College Stadiums' Role in Vaccine Distribution (Front Office Sports)

Sheldon Jacobson

• COVID-19 Vaccine in PA: Which Counties Got the Most Doses and Which Got the Least? (The Times)

Julie Swann

• Rural Areas Face Challenges In COVID Vaccine Rollout (WFPL News Louisville)

Tinglong Dai

• The US government's $44 million COVID vaccine rollout website isn't working - here's how it should be fixed (Business Insider)

Tinglong Dai

• Interview: Professor explains life after the COVID-19 vaccine (FOX 40)

Julie Swann

• Covid-19 vaccination rates follow the money in states with the biggest wealth gaps, analysis shows (STAT News)

Julie Swann

• Why Covid-19 vaccines in the US are taking time to be delivered (Deccan Herald)

Julie Swann

• Why COVID Vaccines Are Taking So Long to Reach You (Scientific American)

Julie Swann

• Florida has wasted more than 4,100 COVID-19 vaccines to date (WPTV 5 West Palm Beach)

Julie Swann

 
(2/8/21) 

• Mega vaccination sites could be coming to Ohio (WHIO TV 7)

Chris Tang

• Tinglong Dai: The failure of vaccine rollout (The Bryan Times)

Tinglong Dai

 

(2/5/21 – 2/8/21)

• Wisconsin and Minnesota had different approaches to combatting COVID. So why are their death rates so similar? (MinnPost)

Oguzhan Alagoz

• Iowa's Rural Areas Face Additional Challenges For Vaccine Rollout (Iowa Public Radio)

Tinglong Dai

• Ready for takeoff: Three simple guidelines for flying after vaccination (Microsoft News)

Laura Albert

• Ready for takeoff: Three simple guidelines for flying after vaccination (The Hill)

Laura Albert

• US vaccine effort opts for stadium clinics over doctors' offices (Roll Call)

Julie Swann

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Jeffrey M. Cohen, MBA
Director, Public Affairs & Marketing
INFORMS
jeff.cohen@informs.org
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