So I guess I was wrong about the timeline. It seems like we’re a few weeks away from a FDA approved vaccine from Pfizer. The question is who will get the first few doses available. From STAT news:
Separately, STAT has learned that senior leaders in the Trump administration’s coronavirus response are pressing for adults 65 years old and older to be given first access to the vaccine. That approach contradicts the position of a committee that advises the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention on vaccine policy; the Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices has signaled for months that it will recommend health care providers be at the front of the vaccination line.
I think frontline healthcare workers should be one of the first to get the vaccine since their exposure risk is very high. It would also be a good environment to test the effectiveness of the vaccine in the wild. Nursing home patients make sense as well since their has been so many deaths in that population. I think the Trump administration is focused on seniors over 65 because they are higher risk, but also majority Republican voters as well. You can target the seniors in the nursing homes but if the rest of the seniors are socially distancing or isolating themselves, a few more weeks/months seems like low risk versus not vaccinating healthcare workers.
Since I have lots of health risks, I’m probably in the front of somebody’s list. Although it would be nice to get the vaccine and live vicariously, I think I can wait a few months since I’m working from home anyway, and the kidney transplant may be soon. Maybe I’ll get the vaccine post-transplant due to all the immunosuppressive drugs I have to take.
Life with chronic diseases 