SEATTLE (AP) Seattle Mayor Jenny Durkan is calling on the state to stop hospital systems from giving special COVID-19 vaccine access to donors, board members or other connected community members following reports of several area hospital systems doing so.
The fairness of who gets a COVID-19 vaccine first is being called into question after some hospital groups were accused of moving VIPs to the front of the line. Gov. Jay Inslee has spoken out against this. Same goes for the mayor of Seattle and many health care professionals. They said even the appearance of favoritism has no place when the stakes are life or death.
Mayor Durkan calls for state to ban special vaccine access
By AP News Staff
SEATTLE - Seattle Mayor Jenny Durkan is calling on the state to stop hospital systems from giving special COVID-19 vaccine access to donors, board members or other connected community members following reports of several area hospital systems doing so.
Durkan on Friday also called for the state to reallocate vaccines to community health clinics that serve low-income communities of color, The Seattle Times reported. Her calls come amid rising concerns that the limited vaccine supply is not reaching people who are at higher risk than others.
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