Health
Why vaccinate our most frail? Odd vote out shows the dilemma – Gwinnettdailypost.com
The vote to recommend long-term care residents be among the first to receive Covid-19 vaccinations was not unanimous.
The vote to recommend long-term care residents be among the first to receive Covid-19 vaccinations was not unanimous.
Out of a panel of 14 CDC vaccine advisers, a lone doctor said no.
“Odd woman out, I guess,” Dr. Helen “Keipp” Talbot, of Vanderbilt University, told her colleagues. “I still struggle with this. This was not an easy vote.”
Talbot was worried about whether the vaccine would even work in such frail, vulnerable patients. Even more, she worried about how it might look if the vaccine failed…
-
General10 hours agoByford rail extension opening marks final stage of Perth Metronet
-
General22 hours agoBritish and US planes fly 12-hour mission to patrol Russian border
-
Noosa News16 hours agoFatal traffic crash, Baringa – Sunshine Coast
-
General11 hours agoMango the muster cat draws attention to western Queensland’s ongoing recovery