DISABILIY SCOOP: COVID-19 Vaccine Should Go To Those With Developmental Disabilities First, Advocates Say
With a COVID vaccine on the horizon, many disability advocates feel people with disabilities aren't being prioritized enough in distribution plans. Initial recommendations that the first phase of the vacancies would go to health care workers and people in long-care facilities. Research shows that people with developmental disabilities are much more likely to die from COVID - 19. The concern is that while some people with disabilities who are living in nursing facilities would likely be in phase one, many others with disabilities living in group homes, supported living, or in their own home receiving services won't get the vaccine right away.
