Two federal health agencies recently pared down the recommended populations they believe should receive a COVID-19 vaccine.
Left out of the new guidelines are healthy adults and children, who could now have trouble getting vaccinated at some Nebraska pharmacies.
A COVID-19 vaccine for individuals 65 or older and those with underlying health conditions is recommended by the Food and Drug Administration and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices (ACIP). For adults and children older than 6 months, ACIP unanimously recommended that vaccination for COVID-19 be “based on shared clinical decision-making.”
Before the FDA’s change in August and ACIP’s vote in September, the vaccine had a blanket recommendation for individuals 6 months and older. According to the Nebraska Department of Health and Human Service’s census report, only about 17% of the state’s population is 65 or older…