One study found that by mid-April, roughly one in six coronavirus cases in Illinois were linked to people released from Cook County Jail.
It’s also often impossible to practice social distancing in prison.Īn outbreak in a prison or jail also spreads easily to the community. That’s for good reason: People in prison have a 5.5-fold greater risk of developing Covid-19, according to a study of state and federal prisons. Several groups, including the American Medical Association, have argued that the 2.3 million incarcerated people should be vaccinated before other healthy Americans. The idea that some of us should take precedence over others is likely to run up against America’s me-first libertarian streak, the same one that flouted mask-wearing laws and rejected scientific recommendations in favor of conspiracy theories and rumor. William Schaffner, a professor of infectious diseases at the Vanderbilt University School of Medicine.Īnd in a country as divided as America, it seems inevitable that the process will get politicized. “I don’t think there’s anyone in public health who thinks we have the human capacity and the logistical capacity to handle everyone in just a few months,” said Dr. But any delay in approvals, manufacturing or distribution could mean giving some Americans priority over others for much of next year. It’s possible enough vaccine could be available after the first few months to skip phases altogether and start vaccinating everyone. Adults aged 18 to 30 should come earlier, NASEM recommended, because they may be responsible for more asymptomatic transmission. The rollouts are based on who’s most at risk and how we can most effectively lower transmission and reduce deaths. Source: Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering and Medicine. “But the vaccine is not going to be a silver bullet for a while,” she added. Sema Sgaier, a co-founder and the executive director of the Surgo Foundation. “It’s incredible that we have vaccines with high levels of initial efficacy in such a short period of time,” said Dr. States also need to procure even more personal protective equipment and set up socially distanced mass-vaccination sites amid a pandemic that could slow everything down. While millions of health care workers in the country could be vaccinated this month, the most prominent vaccine candidates require an ultracold distribution chain that can’t yet reach every American. How quickly we’ll move through the final line is also an open question. States could also set their priorities, but will most likely follow the final C.D.C. The final order is not yet determined and depends on successful vaccines being adequately tested for every group. The order outlined above is one possibility, combining proposals by the Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention alongside a fuller proposal by the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering and Medicine.
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