First Wave Of COVID-19 Vaccinations To Go To Essential Workers Who Will Receive Check-Ins From CDC
- September 23, 2020
USA Today (9/22, Weise) reports that as the US “gears up for a massive immunization effort to begin as soon as a coronavirus vaccine is available, health officials are planning the details of the rollout.” In order “to track reactions in real-time, the first people to be vaccinated against COVID-19 will get daily email and text messages” from the CDC “the first week after their shot asking how they’re feeling.” USA Today adds, “The first wave of immunizations are expected to go to up to 20 million Americans classified as essential workers.”