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WASHINGTON Vaccine hesitancy could be greatly reduced if people had a better chance to talk about COVID-19 vaccination with their primary care physician, public health specialists told the House Ways & Means Health Subcommittee.
Vaccine efficacy is complex, said Ashish Jha, MD, dean of the Brown University School of Public Health, in Providence, Rhode Island, at a hearing Friday. For example, many people don t understand that the Johnson & Johnson vaccine, which received emergency use authorization from the FDA on Saturday, was tested in countries such as South Africa that had worrisome COVID variants in its population. That may account for its lower effectiveness compared with the Pfizer and Moderna vaccines, which weren t tested under such conditions, he said.
State Disaster Medical Advisory Committee sends recommendations for Phase 1b vaccinations to state DHS.
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A vial of the Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 Vaccine at St. Luke s hospital in Duluth. (Clint Austin / 2020 file / News Tribune)
Educators and child care workers could receive priority over other groups of essential workers for COVID-19 vaccines, according to recommendations by a state panel.
The State Disaster Medical Advisory Committee at its Thursday, Jan. 21, meeting proposed giving priority within the state’s phase 1b vaccination group.
That group also includes people who work in public transit, employees of grocery stores and other parts of the food supply chain, utility workers, 911 operators, non-frontline health care workers, those in the mink industry, and people who live and work in correctional facilities.
UPDATED 9:46 AM ET Jan. 22, 2021 PUBLISHED 3:10 PM ET Jan. 21, 2021 PUBLISHED 3:10 PM EST Jan. 21, 2021
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MILWAUKEE â This week, after much discussion, Wisconsinites got some more clarity on which groups will be next up in the COVID-19 vaccine rollout.
Shots have previously been opened up to health care workers and long-term care facilities in Phase 1A, plus police and firefighters as the first chunk of 1B.
As soon as next Monday, older adults ages 65 and up will also be able to get their shots, the Department of Health Services announced this week. And experts on the State Disaster Medical Advisory Committee, which advises the DHS on vaccine distribution, voted Thursday to finalize the rest of their Phase 1B recommendations.
Proposal for next phase expands eligibility for vaccines to nearly half the population. By Graham Kilmer - Jan 20th, 2021 03:49 pm //end headline wrapper ?>Get a daily rundown of the top stories on Urban Milwaukee
Dr. Ben Weston receives second dose of COVID-19 vaccine. File photo courtesy of the Medical College of Wisconsin.
If the latest draft of recommendations for the next phase of vaccinations is accepted by the state Department of Health Services, nearly half the state’s adult population will be eligible for the vaccine.
The state committee responsible for developing draft recommendations for the next phase of vaccinations met this morning and added new groups to a list that was released last week for public comment.
MADISON, Wis. On December 14, TV screens everywhere showed frontline nurses in Wisconsin and around the U.S. getting their first COVID-19 vaccine dose. Emotions ran high after nearly ten months spent fighting a virus that has taken more than 5,600 lives in Wisconsin; the end was in sight.
One month later, the excitement has faded into questions, concerns and partisan finger pointing as–like in many states around the country–administered vaccines fall behind widespread expectations.
Frontline Workers
At a small, independently owned pharmacy in Jefferson–aptly named The Drug store–staff won’t have their vaccine for at least another week. Maybe not even then, if their allotment request to the Department of Health Services isn’t met. (Last week, the state wasn’t able to get enough vaccines to meet vaccinator requests, and said they expect that to happen again.)