CDC Agrees: Frontline Meat and Poultry Workers High Priority for COVID-19 Vaccination
Frontline meat and poultry workers should be amongst the first to be vaccinated after health care workers and those in long-term care facilities, according to federal guidance approved by the Centers for Disease Control’s (CDC) Advisory Committee on Immunization Priority (ACIP).
Meat Institute President and CEO Julie Anna Potts applauded ACIP’s guidance and urged state governments to follow CDC’s decision:
"Priority access to vaccines is a critical step for the long-term safety of the selfless frontline meat and poultry workers who have...
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