Early cases of COVID-19 are believed to be linked to a live-animal market in Wuhan, China.Chandan Khanna/AFP via Getty Images, there is a new race underway -- for a spot at the front of the line to be inoculated amid what will likely be a gradual rollout of doses.
Among those making the case for early access to a vaccine were advocates for firefighters, hard-hit minority populations, children with rare genetic disorders, prison inmates, the elderly, the homeless, school janitors, Alaskan Native American tribes and emergency dispatchers, to name just a few. Dr. Nita Patel, Director of Antibody discovery and Vaccine development, lifts a vial with a potential coronavirus, COVID-19, vaccine at Novavax labs in Gaithersburg, Md., March 20, 2020.The plan discussed would give first access to high-risk workers in healthcare facilities and first responders.
Exactly how that priority list is devised will continue to be a subject of intense scrutiny as several pharmaceutical companies race to complete large-scale trials to show whether vaccines will be both safe and effective. “Since the beginning of this crisis, the government has failed to prioritize older adults and the frontline workers who care for them,” Sloan said.
There’s a race to the front of the line to get the vaccine ? By who? You guys need to stop this clickbait shit. No ones racing to take a vaccine under this corrupt admin that’s been rushed thru to help him get re-elected.
no shit, you think doses just appear out of trumps ass?