Experts: COVID vaccine priority still uncertain for preexisting conditions
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People with high-risk medical conditions would be allowed to jump the line when the coronavirus vaccine registration opens to everyone over the age of 16 on April 5, but how that will work is still unclear.
Though Gov. Ned Lamont announced Monday the state will accelerate access for those with preexisting conditions, which medical ailments will count and whether it can be handled on a unified, statewide level is still an open question, according to health experts.
“Nothing has been fully fleshed out,” said Ohm Deshpande, vice president for population health and a physician leader for Yale New Haven Health’s vaccination program. “Our goal is to come to some sort of consensus that is not at the level of a health provider or health system. We’d like to be working along the same guidelines.”
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You may have heard the recent news: Dr. Anthony Fauci’s informed Americans they might be able to have typical weddings.
At some point.
Fauci was philosophical:
Not to worry:
“This calendar year?” Chuck inquired.
While we’re still cooped up, he’s not countin’ his chickens:
“What time of the year? You know, I can’t give you that exact date. Because it’s gonna absolutely depend…on the level of infection in community. If we plateau and stay at 60,000 a day and go up with a peak, I mean, you can make no prediction.
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The day after the 2021 inauguration, Sen. Chris Murphy of Connecticut took to Twitter to declare: âBiden is making transparency cool again.âÂ
This was a head-scratcher for many journalists and transparency advocates. Freedom of Information â the concept that government documents belong to and must be accessible to the people â has never not been cool. Using federal and local public records laws, a single individual can uncover everything from war crimes to health code violations at the local taqueria. How awesome is that? If you need more proof: There was an Australian comic book series called
Southern Squadron: Freedom of Information Act; the classic anime
Updated: 12:15 PM CDT Mar 18, 2021 Milwaukee County leaders said there are 10 ZIP codes in the county that rank high on the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention s social vulnerability index. Continuing Coverage: Coronavirus in WisconsinThose ZIP codes are mapped out as places that face barriers to getting vaccines. Their level of vulnerability is based off socioeconomic status, household composition, minority status, housing type and transportation.Starting Monday, anyone age 18 and older who live in the ZIP codes, will be vaccine eligible.The ZIP codes are: 53204 53205 53206 53209 53215 53216 53218 53223 53224 53233 The ZIP codes that have the highest social vulnerability index numbers had the lowest vaccination rates. in other words, people in the neighborhoods that needed it the most are the ones that are getting it the least, Milwaukee Mayor Tom Barrett said. Based off the Milwaukee County C
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