Who should be first in line for the Covid vaccine? | Letters
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An NHS doctor writes of their concerns about the decision to vaccinate health workers at a later time, while Martin Lippitt and Tony Green wonder why Rupert Murdoch has been among the first to receive the jab
I wonder whether the government's decision to prioritise vaccinating the elderly in care homes has been the best strategy for managing the pandemic, or the best use of the limited supply of vaccines (Give NHS staff Covid vaccine now or face growing winter crisis, say hospital bosses, 18 December).
People in care homes are, on the whole, less mobile in society than those who work in the care homes or visit them, and they are the ones that can bring the virus in and should receive the vaccine.
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