There has been push back on inoculating the elderly in nursing homes with the first group. Only one person at the CDC meeting where they set the priorities voted against it so it will go forward. The reason she gave was that the health care system is stretched so thin they can't guarantee care for nursing home residents if they don't react well to it. This vaccine does cause more of a reaction then we are used to, it creates a flu like state often including fever for a day or two. Before the vote the people who were against it said that they are still trying to build confidence in the vaccine. Giving it to elderly people in frail condition is more likely to cause serious side effects which will make it harder to build confidence in the vaccine.sort of believe we should inoculate healthy younger people first (starting with anyone in essential positions, ie, people who are out there working now). So much spread is from asymptomatic people, so this would slow that down. Plus, because these vaccines are being rolled out faster than any previous ones, I feel like healthy young people will be less affected by any potential negative side effects. Giving a new vaccine to a compromised old person just sounds as dangerous as letting an asymptomatic nurse care for that old person.