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Berlin's Erika Hess Ice Stadium was transformed into a mass vaccination center in January. 

Berlin's Erika Hess Ice Stadium was transformed into a mass vaccination center in January. 

Photographer: Kay Nietfeld/Pool/Getty Images

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The Architecture of Mass Vaccine Distribution

Large Covid-19 vaccination programs are transforming football stadiums, parking lots and even art museums. But building the infrastructure of inoculation can get complicated. 

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In Berlin, the process of transforming large, now unused public spaces into mass vaccination hubs started weeks before a vaccine was approved.