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There’s actually a lot of variety in the priority order. Other than healthcare workers the following groups will be prioritized above age 65+ in Massachusetts
by AbrahamParangi 6y ago
There’s actually a lot of variety in the priority order. Other than healthcare workers the following groups will be prioritized above age 65+ in Massachusetts
1. First responders
2. Nursing home residents
3. Homeless
4. Incarcerated
5. 2+ comorbidities
6. Top priority essential workers
7. Teachers
8. One comorbidity
(Check out your state here https://www.washingtonpost.com/graphics/2020/health/covid-vaccine-states-distribution-doses/ https://www.washingtonpost.com/graphics/2020/health/covid-va...)
- camjohnson26 6y ago40% of all deaths in the US have been nursing home residents.
- sp332 6y agoI've seen this number around for a long time, but since I never saw a source posted, I don't know if this is still true. Edit: I found https://covidtracking.com/analysis-updates/ltc-deaths-pass-100k-dec-2 https://covidtracking.com/analysis-updates/ltc-deaths-pass-1... for December 2, which shows about 100,000 deaths from "long-term care facilities". Not all states report differences between staff and residents dying, but I think it's reasonable to estimate it's mostly residents. On that day they show a total of 265,000 deaths in the USA, so about 37% from LTC.
- beat 6y agoMy mother got her first vaccination shot yesterday. She's in a nursing home in Virginia. She's already had one COVID exposure (luckily she didn't get it), and it's just scary there.