
Is it ever OK to jump the vaccine line? We asked an ethicist
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Months before the US Food and Drug Administration even authorized the first Covid-19 vaccine, there were many conversations and debates going on about who should be put at the front of the line to get it. Different advisory panels and patient advocacy groups came out with suggested recommendations.
Eventually, the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention's Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices (ACIP) -- the group that actually develops recommendations for vaccine usage -- issued its guidelines. At the top of the list, in Phase 1a: health care workers and residents of long-term care facilities. Next was Phase 1b, which included people 75 years and older and frontline essential workers who didn't work in the health care sector. Following that, Phase 1c included people 65 to 74, people ages 16 to 64 with high-risk medical conditions and other essential workers.More Related News