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Vaccine Cliff Notes: FDA Recommends, WI Frontline First, Local Later

Vaccine Cliff Notes: FDA Recommends, WI Frontline First, Local Later

With the fast changing climate for a Coronavirus vaccine, we will look at the latest from all levels. Starting with national, then here in our state, and finally what the current scene is in our own back yard.

An FDA panel is recommending emergency use authorization for a coronavirus vaccine developed by Pfizer and BioNTech (bye-ON-tek.

It’s now up to the FDA to issue its formal decision.  The first people to be vaccinated will be health care workers and those most at risk, including patients in long-term senior care facilities.

Frontline healthcare workers in Wisconsin could see the option for first doses of the coronavirus vaccine next week.

Here in our area, it is going to take some time for most people in Eau Claire County to get the coronavirus vaccine. City-County health director Lieske Giese yesterday said Wisconsin will see its first doses next week, but there are only a few doses earmarked for Eau Claire.

She says it will take a while for smaller communities across the state to get a share.

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