CDC advisory committee discusses who should get first vaccine doses

The committee generally agreed that health-care workers should get the first doses of vaccine because of the risks to them and their patients and because they play a crucial role in fighting the coronavirus. Vulnerable long-term care residents also are in this first group, though members debated their situation at some length. Essential workers, including food, education, and energy workers, as well a police and firefighters, should be in the second priority group because these workers often don’t have luxury of working from home and tend to be racially and demographically diverse

https://www.inquirer.com/health/coronavirus/acip-cdc-advisory-committee-covid-19-coronavirus-vaccine-20201123.html

Published by
David L. McGuffey

Recent Posts

Elle

We haven't posted much lately because we've been busier than a one-armed paper-hanger, but we…

3 months ago

Estate Planning Advice from Warren Buffett

The following video clips are from Berkshire Hathaway Annual Meetings where Warren Buffett fielded questions…

7 months ago

New Video on Medicaid Eligibility

On September 17, 2023, David L. McGuffey recorded a video for ezelderlaw.com regarding Financial Eligibility…

8 months ago

Protecting the Community Spouse: Income and Resource Allowances

When a married individual applies for Medicaid, the law protects the healthier spouse (known as…

9 months ago

Can You Retire?

From time to time, I read "ruminations" published by David E. Hultstrom. Along with Anitha…

9 months ago

KFF Reports 3,816,000 Medicaid Recipients Have Been Dis-enrolled as of 7-28-2023

The Kaiser Family Foundation (KFF) recently updated its Medicaid Enrollment and Unwinding Tracker. The tracker…

9 months ago