by MakeUsWell

The inquiry that led to this posting started with the question: where and why are Americans dying from the COVID-19 virus?  Frail older people with underlying health conditions have died in disproportionate numbers.

State health departments have been inconsistent or, in the case of New York State, incomplete in reporting COVID-19 nursing home deaths, but the compiled national reporting on nursing home deaths indicate that approximately 40% of all COVID-19 deaths have occurred in nursing homes or to nursing home residents in hospitals.

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by MakeUsWell

MakeUsWell has developed a suite of software and analytics driven products for the COVID-19 vaccination market. The products were developed with:

1. Data from ~100+ sources of a wide variety
2. Millions of data points
3. Structured and Unstructured data
4. Surveys and conversations with customers over web, sms, email, phone, and in-person channels
5. In the right time period, ~ December 14, 2020, the start of US vaccinations to ~ April, 2021 and ongoing

These products fit within a GRAS framework.

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GRAS Analytics Framework

MakeUsWell created a platform of dynamic scores and segmentations. Our framework’s corresponding software and augmented analytics can be applied to consumers in the North American vaccination market.

Focused on:

1. Ranks, scores, and predicts the likelihood of individuals and different segments to get any COVID-19 vaccine.
2. Matches these people or segments with the right marketing messages and incentives to convert them. Consumers choose to get vaccinated as a result of segmentation, targeting, communications, and incentives.

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~38% of Americans got 1 or 2 jabs. ~21% are "fully vaccinated"—wrong phrase. Both Pfizer and Moderna will launch boosters. Certain data show the vaccines' reduced effectiveness against specific new strains.

America yearns for her pre-pandemic days. But our old normal wasn't so good. COVID-19 uncovered and amplified societal economic, racial, and mental health problems. Identity politics and endless (re) elections, investigations, recalls, and impeachments cycles made the fire worse.

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First Principles

1. ~90%+ of Americans don't trust government or public health officials with vaccination information, insights, and communications.
2. Our local, state, and federal government (both parties) need to regain public trust. Good systems with accurate data and precise analytics are needed. Useful reports on vaccinations, risks, and side effects will drive this.

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CDC's Acronym Pish Posh

CDC stands for the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.

VAERS is an acronym for Vaccine Adverse Event Reporting System.

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