The leader of the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) on Friday urged states to allow lower-priority groups to get vaccinated against COVID-19 if their doses would otherwise go to waste.
FDA Commissioner Stephen Hahn told reporters he thinks the federal guidelines for vaccination, which recommend starting with health workers and nursing home staff and employees, make sense.
However, Hahn said he thinks “it’s reasonable” to expand the groups, and not get too fixated on finishing one before moving on to others, such as essential workers, first responders or people over the age of 65.
The ultimate goal is to vaccinate as many people as possible, Hahn said, and in cases where people may be hesitant to get a shot, it doesn’t make sense to keep those doses on a shelf or let them go to waste.
“I would strongly encourage that we move forward with giving states the opportunity to be more expansive in who they can give the vaccine to,” Hahn said during an Alliance for Health Policy event.
Hahn said the decision is ultimately up to individual governors, but there should be “a data- and science-driven approach to this.”
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Someone who has been hold up at home and hasn’t ventured outside since March 24th should be on a priority list even if these other criteria aren’t met! That, I submit is a category that hasn’t been addressed. There are quite a few people who fit this category. They may be young but still they’re hold up for whatever reason they’re afraid.
if somebody is in their 30s it sounds ridiculous to prioritize them before older Americans. but this whole selective criteria is slowing down the rollout Israel is doing it right fill one broader bracket then move on to the next so on and so forth. instead we have this super narrow bracket that barely anybody is eligible for
Why? They’re chayev misa?
http://www.ronpaulinstitute.org/archives/peace-and-prosperity/2021/january/10/a-nursing-home-had-zero-coronavirus-deaths-then-it-vaccinates-residents-for-coronavirus-and-the-deaths-begin/
A Nursing Home had Zero Coronavirus Deaths. Then, It Vaccinates Residents for Coronavirus and the Deaths Begin.24 Dead and 137 Infected at NY Nursing Home After Experimental COVID Injections
Jan. 10, 2021
There are adverse reactions being reported all over the world, including a woman who has been having convulsions since she got the Moderna vaccine and an Israeli who developed a rare multi-inflammatory disease. Check out this document under First Dose-to-date:
https://drive.google.com/file/d/1uMv1jgV_6DUxPhqlPKgb6osm2yxlFmFQ/view