Front-Line Workers and People Over 74 Should Get Shots Next, CDC Panel Says :: WRAL.com
Updated December 21, 2020 9:47 p.m. EST By Abby Goodnough and Jan Hoffman, New York Times Atlanta — Striking a compromise between two high-risk population groups, a panel advising the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention voted Sunday to recommend that people age 75 and older be next in line to receive the coronavirus vaccine in the United States, along with about 30 million “front-line essential workers,” such as emergency responders, teachers and grocery store employees. The debate about who should receive the vaccine in these early months has grown increasingly urgent as the...