From Poynter, we share the following article of interest for Franklin:
"President Donald Trump said Tuesday we will have a vaccine in three to four weeks.
Dr. Robert Redfield, the head of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, said Wednesday that even when we get a vaccine, it will not likely be available to the general public until next summer. Redfield also rolled out a playbook for how a national vaccine program might look.
The playbook is loaded with details you have not seen or heard before and it is really important for journalists to start to learn how a vaccination program might unfold. You will be vitally important to its success.
“Early in (the) COVID-19 vaccination program there may be a limited supply of vaccine and vaccine efforts may focus on those critical to the response, providing direct care and maintaining societal functions, as well as those at highest risk for developing severe illness,” Redfield told the Senate Appropriations Committee."
Continue reading the article online
https://www.poynter.org/reporting-editing/2020/the-first-look-at-the-u-s-governments-covid-19-vaccine-playbook/
https://www.poynter.org/reporting-editing/2020/the-first-look-at-the-u-s-governments-covid-19-vaccine-playbook/
Get your copy of the playbook from the CDC or below:
Picked up by Franklin radar via Twitter: https://twitter.com/Poynter/status/1306590227809566722?s=03
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| CDC: COVID-19 Vaccination Program Interim Playbook |
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