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Mike Stobbe FILE - In this Tuesday, Dec. 15, 2020, file photo, a droplet falls from a syringe after a health care worker was injected with the Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine at a hospital in Providence, R.I. The U.S. COVID-19 vaccination campaign has begun, and the few available doses are mostly going into the arms of health care workers and nursing home residents. But what about in January, February and March, when more shots are expected to become available? Who should get those doses? (AP Photo/David Goldman, File) December 18, 2020 - 11:28 AM NEW YORK - Decid...

NEW YORK (AP) — The U.S. COVID-19 vaccination campaign has begun, and the few available doses are mostly going into the arms of health-care workers and nursing home residents. But what about in January, February and March, when more shots are expected to become available? Who should get those doses? A federal panel of vaccination experts takes up that question at an emergency meeting this weekend. No matter what the committee decides, there will be differences from state to state. The panelists are leaning toward putting “essential workers” first because bus drivers, grocery store clerk...

“I think we know this isn't going to be perfect. We don't have vaccine for everyone right away, so we’re going to have to make difficult decisions,” said Claire Hannan, executive director of an organization that represents the managers of state vaccination programs. If essential workers are indeed next up, states already have different ideas about who among them should be closer to the front of the line. In Nevada, for example, teachers and child care staff will be ahead of public transport workers, according to the state’s current vaccination plan. Then come agriculture and food wor...

POLITICO Few guardrails to keep people from cutting in line for Covid shots As soon as more doses become available to wider categories of people, much of the immunization program will rely on the honor system. A nurse holds a dose of the Pzifer COVID-19 vaccine before administering it to an employee in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. | Jeff Swensen/Getty Images Link Copied The nation's system for distributing coronavirus vaccines lacks safeguards to ensure the next wave of doses reaches the most critical workers and at-risk patients rather than star athletes or the well-connected. There’s little...

Officials across U.S. debate who should be next in line for COVID-19 vaccinations 3 months 2 weeks 9 hours ago Friday, December 18 2020 Dec 18, 2020 December 18, 2020 9:05 AM December 18, 2020 in News Source: Associated Press Share: NEW YORK (AP) — The U.S. COVID-19 vaccination campaign has begun, and the few available doses are mostly going into the arms of health-care workers and nursing home residents. But what about in January, February and March, when more shots are expected to become available? Who should get those doses? A federal panel of vaccination experts takes up that question a...