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Posted by: Kate Prince on Dec 29, 2020

Lawyers and judges are near the top of the new list from the Centers for Disease Control on who should receive the COVID-19 vaccine first, LawSites by Robert Ambrogi reports. The recommendations from the CDC’s Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices outline three tiers of phase one vaccine prioritization. The first tier is long-term care residents and health care workers, followed by group 1b, which includes those 75 years and older and frontline essential workers. Next is group 1c, made up of persons 65 and older, those with high-risk medical conditions and “other essential workers,” defined as “Workers supporting the operations of the judicial system, including judges, lawyers, and others providing legal assistance.” The timing of the transition to phase 1c will depend on vaccine supplies and production.