Teton County residents who are 80 or older will soon be able to get in a queue to receive the COVID-19 vaccine, though shots for that population wonât be administered for some time.
Rachael Wheeler, public health response coordinator for the Teton County Health Department, told the Jackson Hole Daily that the county has the go-ahead to move into the next phase of vaccination. Once the department moves through two higher-tier, employment-based priority subgroups â first responders not vaccinated in the first round, and then funeral home workers â it will move on to older folks, starting with those age 80 and up, and, once that group receives its first dose of the vaccine, to those 70 and older.
A week after homeless-service providers called on the state to put shelter staffers and people experiencing homelessness higher on the vaccine distribution list, Colorado public-health officials moved those who work with the homeless higher on the priority list, but homeless individuals stayed where they were. We are thrilled that service providers were moved up as we suggested and hoped for. That will make sure that our shelters can stay staffed and continue to serve folks, says Cathy Alderman of the Colorado Coalition for the Homeless.
Among other changes on the updated list, released December 30, the Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment moved homeless shelter staff to phase 1B of the vaccine distribution plan, up from phase 2; as a result, shelter staff will be able to receive the COVID vaccine this winter. Phase 1A, which targeted front-line health-care workers and nursing home residents and staff, is set to wrap up shortly.
It’s the last tolerated prejudice. But Femail’s had enough. It’s time we called out those day-to-day moments when we’re patronised for no longer being young.
‘There you go,’ my partner said, giving his newspaper a triumphant smack. ‘I’m 5th on the list and you’re only 7th!’ It was much too early in the morning and I had to ask what he was talking about.
A few weeks on and it’s become the number one topic of conversation among us folks d’un certain age: where we lie on The Vaccine Priority List. For once, just once and we need to treasure this little moment, because it’s so rarely applicable it pays to be older.