Tuesday’s action merely designated who should get shots first if a safe and effective vaccine becomes available. The panel did not endorse any particular vaccine. Panel members are waiting to hear FDA’s evaluation and to see more safety and efficacy data before endorsing any particular product.The panel of outside scientific experts, created in 1964, makes recommendations to the director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, who almost always approves them.
The outbreak in the U.S. has killed nearly 270,000 people and caused more than 13.5 million confirmed infections, with deaths, hospitalizations and cases rocketing in recent weeks. Despite the heavy toll, some board members at Tuesday’s meeting said they hesitated to include such patients in the first group getting shots. They wanted more information about the safety and effectiveness of new vaccines on the fragile people living in such facilities. Some noted research that suggested that if the staff at such facilities are fully vaccinated, that would likely have a greater impact of stopping spread of the virus in those places.
The government estimates people working in health care account for 12% of U.S. COVID-19 cases but only about 0.5% of deaths. Experts say it’s imperative to keep health care workers on their feet so they can administer the shots and tend to the booming number of infected Americans. But some panel members and other experts had also grown concerned by comments from Trump administration officials that suggested differing vaccine priorities.Dr. Deborah Birx of the White House coronavirus task force said in a meeting with CDC officials last month that people 65 and older should go to the head of the line, according to a federal official who was not authorized to discuss the matter and spoke to The Associated Press on condition of anonymity.
Asked whether Azar’s comment played a role in the scheduling of the meeting, Romero said; “We don’t live in a bubble. We know what he said. But that wasn’t the primary reason this is being done.”
Free for everyone!
And just how many nursing home residents will die from side effects?
anti-Marxismlist! On my opinion, the human society is running on these: 1 technology define theoretical economic aggregate 2 work define gross economy 3 finance system define distribution of wealth from gross economy
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Why not politicians, bill gates, cops, all of Hollywood, and the military go first.
Horse. Barn door.
Where is the data to support this
Trump already planned that.
Take that, little Andy Cuomo!
Has anyone credited orange man for the creation of several vaccines in record time? Or will they ignore it?
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