Instilling Public Trust in COVID Vaccine Allocation Plan: Gov’t Hopes Outside Scientists Will Help

National Academy of Medicines is developing a framework for equitable COVID-19 vaccine distribution which, CDC and NIH hope, will help shore up public trust ahead of the unenviable task of having to decide who should be the first to get limited vaccine resources. CDC Director Robert Redfield said the distribution strategy should help lessen the health disparities seen with COVID-19 infections.

Washington D.C., USA - March 1, 2020: National Academies of Sciences sign in Washington D.C., USA. — The National Academy of Medicines is being tasked with devising an equitable COVID-19 vaccine distribution plan • Source: Shutterstock

US National Institutes of Health and Center for Disease Control and Prevention leadership are engaging the National Academy of Medicines to develop a framework for equitable COVID-19 vaccine distribution to shore up public trust ahead of what they anticipate will be a controversial process to allocate initially scarce resources.

The National Academy of Medicines committee is tasked with devising a framework that will help CDC’s Advisory Committee on...