What Does Indian-American TIME ‘Kid Of The Year’ Say About COVID Vaccine Distribution? Read Here

New York: Indian-American scientist Gitanjali Rao, only 15, TIME magazine’s first-ever ”Kid of the Year”, has said she is brainstorming about solutions for effective vaccine distribution and has set her sights on preventing future pandemics.

Talking to PTI, the 15-year-old inventor said she was focussed on using technological tools to offer solutions for vaccine distribution, NDTV reported.

“I definitely do want to look at the pandemic. The next biggest problem we’re going to face is vaccine distribution and prioritisation. So I’m looking at my potential data and analytics approach towards that,” the youngster was quoted as saying.

“But I think the next biggest problem that I’ll probably look towards solving is preventing future pandemics from happening because I think it’s safe to assume that this isn’t the last one and we probably will have another one before 100 years,” she told PTI.

The young scientist said she is still at a “brainstorming and observing” phase but is looking at the whole idea of vaccine distribution and how widespread it needs to be.

“Also, how important it is because everybody needs to receive this vaccine. So I’m looking at how we can use predictive analytics and data models in order to create a plan of how vaccine distribution will roll out,” she was quoted as saying.

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