Some prioritization formulas also conflict with one another or impose such prescriptive rules that they hinder immunizations, public health experts say. Yet many Americans may not be aware of the layers of algorithms influencing their access to vaccines. But public agencies and health centers should be transparent about the prioritization formulas, she added. The vaccine prioritization formulas fall roughly into three tiers: federal, state and local. In interim vaccine plans filed with the C.D.C., some state health administrators complained that the platform seemed overly cumbersome and that the algorithm’s week-by-week allotments would make it difficult to plan monthslong vaccination campaigns.

Source: New York Times February 07, 2021 19:30 UTC