Anne Sosin: Vermont Needs to Vaccinate the Essential Workforce – VTDigger

Read article - An opinion piece by Anne Sosin, program director for the Center for Global Health Equity at Dartmouth, in which she discusses Vermont's vaccination strategy and the state's decision not to prioritize the vaccination of essential workers such as grocery clerks, teachers, transport drivers, and factory workers. "Equity, as Vermont has taught the country, requires prioritizing resources for those not only at greatest risk of severe illness or death from Covid-19 but also for those at highest risk of infection. Vermont's data clearly highlights that essential workers are at higher risk for infection, as is the case across the U.S.," says Sosin.