Posted on 12/20/2020 2:01:18 PM PST by BenLurkin
he committee voted 13-1 on Sunday to put people 75 and older as well as certain front-line workers next in line for the vaccines.
Those essential workers include firefighters and police officers; teachers and school staff; food and agriculture workers; manufacturing workers; corrections workers; U.S. Postal Service workers; public transit and grocery store workers.
The committee also voted that behind those groups should be other essential workers; people ages 65 to 74; and those aged 16 to 64 who have certain medical conditions — like obesity and cancer — that put them at higher risk for severe disease if they get infected with COVID-19.
Dr. Moncef Slaoui, the chief science adviser to the federal government’s vaccine distribution effort, said on CNN’s “State of the Union” that nearly 8 million doses will be distributed Monday, about 5.9 million of the Moderna vaccine and 2 million of the vaccine from Pfizer Inc. He said the first Moderna shots should be given Monday morning.
Nationwide, more than 219,000 people per day on average test positive for the virus...
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Elderly and the already sick should be the only people who should even bother getting the vaccine.
People 75 and older,essential workers next in line for vaccine
By JOHN HANNA and MIKE STOBBE, Associated Press Dec 20, 2020
NEW YORK — An expert committee put people 75 and older and essential workers like firefighters, teachers and grocery store workers next in line for COVID-19 shots as a second vaccine began rolling out Sunday to hospitals, a desperately needed boost as the nation works to bring the coronavirus pandemic under control.
The developments occurred as the nation seeks to ramp up a vaccination program that only began in the last week and so far has given initial shots to about 556,000 Americans, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
The committee voted 13-1 on Sunday to put people 75 and older as well as certain front-line workers next in line for the vaccines.
Those essential workers include firefighters and police officers; teachers and school staff; food and agriculture workers; manufacturing workers; corrections workers; U.S. Postal Service workers; public transit and grocery store workers.
The committee also voted that behind those groups should be other essential workers; people ages 65 to 74; and those aged 16 to 64 who have certain medical conditions — like obesity and cancer — that put them at higher risk for severe disease if they get infected with COVID-19.
What about us seniors who are in our eighties? Does czar Emmanuel not care about us? Oh, l forgot.
For a disease with a 99% survival rate.
Sorry, I didn’t raad the article nor the headline, I guess.
39% of recovered covid Sick Michiganders of all ages are still struggling. Some are in nursing homes, some now require dialysis, and many just can’t work.
But hey, they survived.
* Family doctor.
* Red Cross
* Travelling Taco Truck
Sure glad I got that fake ID saying I am 63.
I am in ‘double Jeopardy’ inre shot as am 81 and doing some ‘essential stuff’.
Have to stay ‘under the radar’......<: <: <:
Now, a new study published in the Journal of the American Medical Association (JAMA) Cardiology has found that one of the more frightening lingering effects of COVID-19 is also very common. According to the JAMA Cardiology study, nearly 80 percent of COVID patients have heart damage.
Https://bestlifeonline.com/heart-damage-covid/
“Some patients go from no symptoms and a normal outcome to multiple organ failure and even death,” Dr. Davison says. “As far as I know, we cannot yet explain the large spectrum of symptoms and outcomes from COVID-19.”
https://www.health.com/condition/infectious-diseases/coronavirus/covid-19-brain-damage
Pharmacists in pharmacies across the land.
HMO drive through’s in their parking lots and lineups for shot clinics in their opd clinics.
The CDC says you are up next for a vaccine.
Now, a new study published in the Journal of the American Medical Association (JAMA) Cardiology has found that one of the more frightening lingering effects of COVID-19 is also very common. According to the JAMA Cardiology study, nearly 80 percent of COVID patients have heart damage.
Wow.....you mean just like the REGULAR flu??
.... What’s the connection between flu and cardiovascular problems? “When you get the flu, your body mounts an impressive immune response, which causes a lot of inflammation. As a result, the plaque inside your blood vessels can become unstable, which can lead to blockage and a possible heart attack or stroke,” says study leader Jacob Udell, MD, a cardiologist at Women’s College Hospital in Toronto and a clinician-scientist at the University of Toronto.
Changes in the lungs wrought by the flu virus can lower blood oxygen levels, which makes the heart work harder. The virus can also directly injure heart muscle cells, leading to heart failure or making it worse......
https://www.health.harvard.edu/blog/flu-shot-linked-to-lower-heart-attack-stroke-risk-201310236795
So a perfectly healthy 25 year old WalMart stocker could get it ahead of a chronically ill 74 year old nursing home patient?
Makes perfect sense. IF you’re the government.
Not in the age group defined. But I guess facts dont matter to you
Thank you. I posted a bit too soon. Please forgive a “senior moment. LOL
Slyfox wrote: “For a disease with a 99% survival rate.”
Please pay attention. The survival rate for those over seventy is far lower.
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