How Americaâs Vaccine System Makes People With Health Problems Fight for a Place in Line
At least 37 states allow people with certain health conditions to receive the Covid-19 vaccine, according to a New York Times survey. But a new skirmish has emerged over who will go first.
Waiting in line for Covid vaccines at a mass vaccination site in San Francisco.Credit.Jim Wilson/The New York Times
Published March 9, 2021Updated March 27, 2021
As states have begun vaccinating Americans with medical conditions that may raise their risk for a severe case of Covid-19, they are setting widely varying rules about which conditions to prioritize.
Good news on the very near horizon: the new Administration will address any shortages immediately as Team Biden will tackle health care challenges without any delay, for average and sick and health-challenged Americans. After the current Administration’s attrocious mis-management of the pandemic, it can’t be January 20 fast enough for all needlessly and so negatively effected.
paul r says:
How about once and for all we leave the politics out of this. If you REALLY want to go there, when Trump tried to close the borders to slow the introduction of the virus here the liberals screamed bloody murder. There is no magic wand that Biden or Harris can wave that is going to suddenly create extra masks, vaccines, or anything else. Get over it. IT IS A VIRUS. I do not see many if any countries that handled it any better without using severe restrictions as Australia, despite being an island nation had to do.