Cloe Poisson :: CTMirror.org Mikaela Coady, a physician assistant with Priority Urgent Care of Ellington, fills a syringe with a dose of the Moderna COVID-19 vaccine at a clinic at St. Bernard Church in the Rockville section of Vernon. Gov. Ned Lamont’s decision this week to brush aside federal and state recommendations on who should next receive the COVID-19 vaccine – prioritizing people by age, rather than by underlying medical conditions or job titles – caught many members of Connecticut’s immunization advisory panel off-guard and raised questions about the group’s role in the remainder of the vaccine rollout. The move by the governor stunned some members of the panel’s allocation subcommittee, a group tasked with providing crucial advice on who should receive a coronavirus shot and when. Members had suggested that people 16 and older with underlying health conditions and “essential workers” such as grocery store employees and postal staff be next in line.