A CDC panel will meet next week to decide who should get the COVID-19 vaccine first, according to a report Monday.
While health care and essential workers and vulnerable groups such as the elderly will be at the front of the line to get any approved vaccine, the panel will decide what order they go in. Stated CNN.
The Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices for the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention will be meeting for five hours next Monday to make that determination, the site said.
Panel member Dr. William Schaffner of Vanderbilt University told CNN that front-line workers are expected to win the first shot of any vaccine.
“Health care workers are baked in — that’s the first thing to happen, no doubt about that,” he said.
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By Kate Sheely.
November 16, 2020 |
A CDC panel will meet next week to decide who should get the COVID-19 vaccine first, according to a report Monday.
While health care and essential workers and vulnerable groups such as the elderly will be at the front of the line to get any approved vaccine, the panel will decide what order they go in. Stated CNN.
The Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices for the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention will be meeting for five hours next Monday to make that determination, the site said.
Panel member Dr. William Schaffner of Vanderbilt University told CNN that front-line workers are expected to win the first shot of any vaccine.
“Health care workers are baked in — that’s the first thing to happen, no doubt about that,” he said.
At the moment, travel is way down the pecking order of vaccination." She says that countries will first be looking to vaccinate the vulnerable, then healthworkers and keyworkers, before making inroads into the general population. That's not to mention the logistics meaning that if that's the one that wins the race, it could take even longer to distribute
At the moment, travel is way down the pecking order of vaccination." She says that countries will first be looking to vaccinate the vulnerable, then healthworkers and keyworkers, before making inroads into the general population. That's not to mention the logistics meaning that if that's the one that wins the race, it could take even longer to distribute
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