Upon the end of the exercise, the Oakland County team assessed the results and pondered what further steps they should take to improve their effectiveness and efficiency. Some of the anecdotal and preliminary results include:
- Faster deployment of dispensing sites
- Faster citizen flow through dispensing sites
- Reduced confusion and situational awareness for EOC and responders
- Enhanced collaboration in EOC and at dispensing Sites
Some of the metrics gathered from the exercise include:
- Total # of shots/inoculations = 12,096
- Total # of dispensing sites staged = 7
- Total hrs of operation = 5
- Number of county employees involved = 369
- Time to mobilize seven dispensing sites = 4 hours
- Number of inoculations per hour = 345 P/H
With this data in mind the Oakland County team started to gauge their level of success and speculate on the future. In an actual event there would be about ten dispensing sites available in Oakland County for “shot-based” (vaccinations that have to be given by an injection apparatus as opposed to a pill, patch or other form) inoculations. Assuming that the metrics from their exercise hold true, it would take Oakland County about 347 hours to vaccinate all of their residents.
Phil, George, Sara and the rest of the Oakland County team were pleased with the results from the exercise. But they pondered questions about the future: "Was the exercise a win? Would we be able to scale-up our plans enough in case of a widespread pandemic? What happens if citizens from neighboring and under-prepared counties stream to Oakland County during a crisis? What other new policy and technology ideas should we try?"