One Pennsylvania state lawmaker is pushing for a change to the recipients of the COVID-19 vaccine in phase 1.
Representative Kerry Benninghoff, Majority Leader in the state House of Representatives, wrote on Twitter:
"Today, I sent a letter to the @PAHealthDept asking that Pennsylvania’s distribution plan remove statewide elected officials, members of the Pennsylvania General Assembly, and appointed state officials from Phase 1C of the COVID-19 vaccine distribution plan."
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In his letter to Secretary of Health Dr. Rachel Levine, Benninghoff wrote, "Pennsylvania’s elected and administration officials are public servants. Good servants, be they public or otherwise, put their interests and well-being below those they serve. We should not be advanced in line to receive this life-saving vaccine at a time when supplies remain limited.
"Regardless of supply, we should not be advanced before the general public and certainly should not be able to receive this vaccine at the same time as at-risk populations."
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On Thursday, the Wolf administration updated the state's vaccine distribution plan saying the changes aligns Pennsylvania's plan with recommendations from Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices (ACIP) and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC).