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The next phase in COVID-19 vaccine distribution will soon be underway in Wisconsin -- pending public weigh-in. 

Prisoners could get vaccine before some seniors, frontline workers Prisoners could get vaccine before some seniors, frontline workers The first phase of Wisconsin's COVID-19 vaccine plan is less than 20% complete. But state health officials are already looking ahead to who gets it next. MILWAUKEE - The first phase of Wisconsin's COVID-19 vaccine plan is less than 20% complete. But state health officials are already looking ahead to who gets it next. Will you be a part of Phase 1b? "The rollout has not gone real smoothly," said Jonathan Temte, Vaccine Subcommittee co-chair. With just 17% of he...

Priority categories for COVID-19 vaccines not cut and dried State advisory panel hashes out who should be next in line while some say they can't wait. Written By: Shamane Mills / Wisconsin Public Radio | 8:43 am, Jan. 6, 2021 × Stock photo In Wisconsin and other states across the nation, the rollout of coronavirus vaccine so far has been slower than promised under the federal Operation Warp Speed initiative. Efforts to pick up the pace are complicated by decisions on who should be given vaccine priority along with supply and distribution issues. Health care workers in ...

State panel hashes out who should be next in line, while some say they can't wait. //end headline wrapper ?> Get a daily rundown of the top stories on Urban Milwaukee Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine. photo by Lisa Ferdinando. U.S. Secretary of Defense, (CC BY 2.0), via Wikimedia Commons In Wisconsin and other states across the nation, the rollout of coronavirus vaccine so far has been slower than promised under the federal Operation Warp Speed initiative. Efforts to pick up the pace are complicated by decisions on who should be given vaccine priority along with supply and distribution i...

Debate stirs over next phase of COVID-19 vaccine distribution Debate stirs over next phase of COVID-19 vaccine distribution Who is next to get COVID-19 vaccines? Essential workers? The elderly? A panel of state health experts is starting to debate Phase 1B. MADISON, Wis. - Tens of thousands of health care workers and nursing home residents have already gotten a COVID-19 vaccination. There are still hundreds of thousands left. But after that, who is next? Some say it ought to be the elderly. Others say younger "essential workers" should take precedent. But how do you define "essential?" Ask al...