2021
DOI: 10.15585/mmwr.mm695152e2
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The Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices’ Updated Interim Recommendation for Allocation of COVID-19 Vaccine — United States, December 2020

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“…Continued strategies are needed to ensure community access to nutrition and physical activity opportunities that promote and support a healthy BMI. Preventing COVID-19 in adults with higher BMIs and their close contacts remains important and includes multifaceted protection measures such as masking, as well as continued vaccine prioritization (6) and outreach for this population.…”
Section: Discussionmentioning
confidence: 99%
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“…Continued strategies are needed to ensure community access to nutrition and physical activity opportunities that promote and support a healthy BMI. Preventing COVID-19 in adults with higher BMIs and their close contacts remains important and includes multifaceted protection measures such as masking, as well as continued vaccine prioritization (6) and outreach for this population.…”
Section: Discussionmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…continued vaccine prioritization (6) and masking, and policies to ensure community access to nutrition and physical activities that promote and support a healthy BMI.…”
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“…6,7 The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) issued Emergency Use Authorizations (EUA) for the Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine on December 10, 2020 8 and the Moderna vaccine on December 18, 2020. 9 The Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices (ACIP) updated recommendations for allocating initial supplies with tiered distribution to groups at highest risk first (e.g., health care workers, nursing home residents, and the elderly) 10,11 before universal distribution. The population effectiveness 12 to reach herd immunity thresholds for COVID-19 requires an estimated 70% of the population to be vaccinated.…”
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“…Distributing COVID-19 vaccines in the United States represents one of the most significant public health challenge in a century (1). National guidelines issued by the CDC in December 2020 (2) are consistent with the evidence that the risk of death from COVID-19 increases starkly with age (3). However, the guidelines ignore evidence that the risk of exposure to and subsequent infection from SARS-CoV-2, the causative agent of COVID-19, is substantially higher for younger Black, Indigenous, and People of Color (BIPOC) (4).…”
Section: Introductionmentioning
confidence: 61%