WASHINGTON — When asked about Gov. Ned Lamont’s decision to go with age groups for vaccination order instead of front-line workers and people with medical conditions, White House Press Secretary Jen Psaki said Wednesday the federal guidance Lamont bucked was issued “for a reason.”
“Obviously governors make different choices about the prioritization and the prioritization order,” Psaki said. “But we stand by the guidelines we’ve recommended at a national level.”
Psaki did not call for Connecticut to reverse the decision Lamont announced on Monday, when he recast the state’s COVID-19 vaccination plan. The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention advises putting essential workers and people with pre-existing conditions ahead of middle-age people.
“We make recommendations at the federal level for a reason because there are groups that we feel should be prioritized whether they are frontline workers, health care workers, individuals over a certain age as you noted and our objective of course is to get to the stage where there are recommendations for people who are much younger, who don’t have pre-existing health conditions that would mean they would qualify,” Psaki added. “That’s the reason we lay them out as we do.”
The CDC and White House Coronavirus Response Coordinator Jeff Zients did not immediately respond to requests for comment Wednesday. The CDC itself has modified its recommendations previously, for example, adding people age 65 to 74 as a priority a few weeks ago.
Starting Monday, Connecticut residents age 55 to 64 become eligible under Lamont’s plan. The eligibility expands every few weeks until everyone age 16 and above can get vaccinated, with a target date of May 3.
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