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Retailers Already Fear US Holiday 'Shipageddon'; Now Here Come Vaccines

Reuters

   LOS ANGELES - Deliveries of holiday gifts purchased online at major
   retailers could get delayed by something far more critical -- COVID-19
   vaccines.

   Pharmaceutical companies, including Pfizer and Moderna, as early as
   mid-December could begin sending inoculations to U.S. health care
   workers and nursing home residents.

   FedEx and United Parcel Service could make space for those shipments on
   cargo planes by bumping off packages from Amazon.com, Walmart, Target
   and other retailers.

   "FedEx is prioritizing vaccines," company spokeswoman Bonny Harrison
   told Reuters.

   While vaccines could displace some FedEx Express air shipments, they
   will not affect the separate FedEx Ground network that depends on
   trucks and delivers the majority of the company's holiday volume,
   Harrison said.

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