The first shipment of coronavirus vaccines expected later this month won’t include enough shots for the 21 million health care workers and 3 million residents of nursing homes and long-term care facilities. Some state health officials have suggested hospitals could look to vaccinate others not on the priority lists to ensure doses don’t get wasted. Over 100,000 Americans are now hospitalized with Covid-19, and there’s again increased spread inside long-term care facilities. Governors are facing competing demands from powerful health care interests lobbying for top priority. On Thursday, a major senior care lobby asked governors to prioritize their residents and staff ahead of frontline health care workers in hospitals.
