FDA chief encourages states to open Covid vaccines to older Americans, other groups

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The head of the FDA is urging states to begin vaccinating lower-priority groups against Covid-19 as officials try to pick up the pace of the vaccine rollout.

The head of the FDA is urging states to begin vaccinating lower-priority groups against Covid-19 as officials try to pick up the pace after a slower-than-expected initial rollout.

People wait in a line on New Year's Eve to receive a COVID-19 vaccination at a site for seniors in an unoccupied store at the Oviedo Mall. Governor Ron DeSantis ordered that Florida residents 65 and older be included in the first group to be offered coronavirus vaccinations, against the federal CDC recommendations.The head of the Food and Drug Administration said Friday he is urging states to begin vaccinating lower-priority groups againstFDA Commissioner Dr.

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has provided states with an outline that recommends prioritizing health-care workers and nursing homes first, but states can distribute the vaccine as they see fit. But in recent days, U.S. health officials have expressed concerns that the national guidance may be slowing the pace of vaccinations as states limit access to shots to certain people.

 

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MDHCommMalcolm and GovTimWalz you have too much sitting on shelves. Get the vaccine in arms instead of following some list that is slowing the process.

.MassGovernor MA is vaccinating prisoners in first group. Not seniors outside care facilities 🤔

It has been in states where it's being left up to the hospitals & doctors. Where it's being hindered is where there's too much red tape & govt oversight, ala California & NY.

Nobody else should be getting the vaccine until people OVER 75 get theirs

It’s OUTRAGEOUS and sickening that this group is not in the first tier, or at least immediately after frontline health care workers

Yet we think a public Healthcare system will help Americans? Not saying it doesn't need to be addressed but gvt ran Healthcare is a joke if you can't see that by this.

The whole rollout of the vaccine has been a clusterfuck

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