Where Can Individual Emergency Physicians Get Vaccinated for Protection Against COVID-19?
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POSTED: January 5th, 2021
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ACEP has received a number of inquiries regarding where individual emergency physicians can get vaccinated. Each state was allocated a certain amount of the Pfizer and/or Moderna vaccines. The authority for distributing the vaccine lies with the state/territory/tribal health department or equivalent.
While guidelines were created by the CDC based on input from multiple stakeholders, the states/territories/tribal nations have significant freedom in determining their own distribution strategies and priorities. Most have delegated the authority for distribution to their local health departments. In some cases, the vaccine was distributed to hospitals, that again, were given guidelines but could distribute their allotment as they deemed appropriate.