The Wisconsin Department of Health Services announced Thursday that Wisconsinites with certain medical conditions will be eligible for the COVID-19 vaccine at the end of the month, and eligibility is expected to open to the general public in May.
Residents of assisted living facilities are one of the most vulnerable groups to infection, serious illness and death from COVID-19 so much so, they were placed at the top of the priority list along with nursing home residents and health care workers.
But nearly three months after a vaccine became available, some in assisted living in Wisconsin still haven t finished their two-dose vaccine series. Wisconsin was one of the last states to start giving shots in earnest to assisted living residents, and by that time, the state was already moving on to lower priority groups.
That has left residents and family members baffled and wondering what led to the delay for assisted living facilities when the endeavor was, quite literally, a matter of life and death.
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