With distribution of the COVID-19 vaccine now underway, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) has released a recommended three-phase plan for the early stages of vaccine allocation, with frontline essential workers and those aged 75 or older slated for vaccination in the next phase.
Phase 1 of the plan is broken up into Phase 1A, 1B and 1C, which were stratified based on a balance of “prevention of morbidity and mortality” and “preservation of societal functioning”, according to a report by Dr. Kathleen Dooling of the CDC.
Phase 1A, which is already underway in Los Angeles County, includes health care personnel and long-term care facility residents.
Locally, vaccine distribution at Henry Mayo Newhall Hospital has begun, with ICU nurse Kathy Brady the first to be inoculated on Thursday, Dec. 17.
“I’m really pleased that our clinical leaders on the front lines are ready to be vaccinated, and really serve as a great example for the community. This is a very important part of the war that they are fighting everyday, and they want to see it come to an end,” said Henry Mayo CEO Roger E. Seaver. “Physicians, nurses, technicians, support staff, everybody’s lining up for the vaccine and we look forward to the results.”
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Upon completion of that initial phase, Phase 1B targets frontline essential workers and those aged 75 or older.
Phase 1C then includes those aged 64 or older and other essential workers.
Among the occupations and industries identified as “frontline essential workers” in the report are first responders, education workers, food and agriculture, manufacturing, corrections workers, U.S. Postal service workers, public transit workers and grocery store workers.
The “other essential workers” in Phase 1C include those employed in transportation and logistics, food service, construction, finance, IT and communication, energy, media, legal, public safety, water or wastewater.
The CDC estimates the number of frontline essential workers across the country to be approximately 30 million people and estimates other essential workers at an additional 57 million people.
Dooling’s full presentation to the CDC’s Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices is available here.
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