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Mikaela Coady, a physician assistant with Priority Urgent Care of Ellington, fills a syringe with a dose of the Moderna COVID-19 vaccine at a clinic at St. Bernard Church in the Rockville section of Vernon.
Gov. Ned Lamont’s decision this week to brush aside federal and state recommendations on who should next receive the COVID-19 vaccine – prioritizing people by age, rather than by underlying medical conditions or job titles – caught many members of Connecticut’s immunization advisory panel off-guard and raised questions about the group’s role in the remainder of the vaccine rollout.
The move by the governor stunned some members of the panel’s allocation subcommittee, a group tasked with providing crucial advice on who should receive a coronavirus shot and when. Members had suggested that people 16 and older with underlying health conditions and “essential workers” such as grocery store employees and postal staff be next in line.
New COVID vaccine plan surprises Lamont s advisory group
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New COVID vaccine plan surprises Lamont s advisory group
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Written by Gov. Ned Lamont
In an effort to ensure that Connecticut continues taking the most equitable and efficient approach to quickly administering the COVID-19 vaccine to as many people as possible, Governor Ned Lamont today announced that the state will continue with an age-based approach to expanding eligibility to the vaccine, explaining that other previously considered scenarios proved overly complex and confusing, would potentially exacerbate inequities in vaccine distribution, and slow down the process of providing it to Connecticut residents.
Age is one of the strongest factors contributing to COVID-19 deaths, with 96 percent of COVID-19 deaths in Connecticut occurring in people over the age of 55.