A panel of health experts laid out a plan on Wednesday for vaccinating certain people first in the likely event that not enough swine flu vaccine will be available to immunize every American in time for the expected surge of cases this fall and winter.
The top priority group, 159 million Americans, or about half the population, would include health care workers and emergency medical responders, because their jobs are critical.
It would also include people with the highest risk of complications and severe illness from the new H1N1 virus: pregnant women; children and young adults from 6 months to 24 years; and people ages 25 to 64 with medical problems like asthma, diabetes or heart disease."
NYTimes.com: US Swine Flu Plan Would Put Some Ahead for Vaccine
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