Abstract
National Academies Report Advises on Allocation Priorities for a COVID-19 Vaccine.
Highlights
A COVID-19 vaccine should be free to everyone—without regard to financial, employment, insurance, or immigration status—the committee advised
The disproportionate toll on such communities “reflects the impact of systemic racism leading to higher rates of comorbidities that increase the severity of COVID-19 infection and the socioeconomic factors that increase likelihood of acquiring the infection, such as having front-line jobs, crowded living conditions, lack of access to personal protective equipment, and inability to work from home,” the committee said in a statement
The NASEM committee that developed the report recommended a 4-phase framework that federal, state, tribal, local, and territorial authors should adopt in developing guidelines for equitable allocation of COVID-19 vaccine
Summary
A COVID-19 vaccine should be free to everyone—without regard to financial, employment, insurance, or immigration status—the committee advised. National Academies Report Advises on Allocation Priorities for a COVID-19 Vaccine
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