(NPR) Initial Batch Of COVID-19 Vaccines Will Go To States Based On Population, Not Risk

Initial Batch Of COVID-19 Vaccines Will Go To States Based On Population, Not Risk





Initial Batch Of COVID-19 Vaccines Will Go To States Based On Population, Not Risk






A flu vaccine is administered at a walk-up COVID-19 testing site, in San Fernando, Calif. Emergency use authorization is expected soon for vaccines for COVID-19.



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Initial Batch Of COVID-19 Vaccines Will Go To States Based On Population, Not Risk



Operation Warp Speed is allocating the first batch of 6.4 million COVID vaccines to states, based on population. This circumvents a CDC advisory committee, which proposed allocation based on risk.