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COVID vaccine panel: No higher rank to disabled Californians

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A state panel sticks with California’s decision to make age — not disability or condition — the prime criteria for fast COVID vaccination.

Orange County residents wait in line outside tents for a COVID-19 vaccine at the Disneyland Resort in Anaheim Jan. 13, 2021. Advocates had hoped a state panel would give higher COVID vaccine priority to disabled Californians. Photo by Damian Dovarganes, AP Photo

BY BARBARA FEDER OSTROV FEBRUARY 3, 2021

IN SUMMARY

An influential state committee holds fast, for now, to California’s decision to make age — not disability or chronic health condition — the primary criteria for getting a faster COVID vaccine.

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