Today, the local Wiesbaden authorities announced the point for the city (293,000 residents)....for the Covid-19 vaccination.
It's to be the Rhein Main Congress Center (RMCC).
The RMCC is the mega events center built on the grounds of the old Congress Center....which lay between the train-station and the downtown shopping area. Around five years ago, they tore down the old Center, and this new modern structure was put up.
The advantages of the Center? You can drive into the underground parking area with ease (probably more than enough room for 1,000-plus cars). The expo hall big enough for a couple of thousand. Heated facility.
So you can drive in. Park your car. Walk to the big hall. Then sign in and wait in comfort (while it's possibly snowing outside). Even if it's a 70-miute wait for your turn....it's all in comfort. Doing social distancing? You could easily pack 500 people into giant circles within the structure.
Cost of this? Well....it belongs to the city, so I doubt that they are paying anything.
Anything odd about this? Well...since they completed it (over two years ago)....it's marginally been used. In a twelve month period, it's probably got no more than 30 days of use out of it. Making any pay-back off the investment? Probably just enough to pay the operations budget.
Their numbers plan? 1,500 per week (remember, it's the first shot, and two weeks later....a booster). You can do the math, but with 293k....it'll take up most of the next ten months.
The other two vaccination possibilities? They don't require the special coolers, but they won't be delivered for another two months minimum. Some folks think that by March....these options will exist with local doctors or pharmacy units. If this were true....virtually all vaccinations would be wrapped up by May.
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