Who Gets Swine Flu Vaccine Before You Do

College Kids To Line Up Before Elderly; Pregnant Women Among First In Line

By LISA STARK and KATE BARRETT
Abc News

Elderly Americans who are used to being among the first in line for seasonal flu vaccines have been left off of the list of those who will have priority for swine flu shots this fall.

Instead, pregnant women and young people will be among those who go to the head of the line.

Health officials met at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention in Atlanta today to decide whether the government should go ahead with mass vaccinations and who would get first dibs on a vaccine that could become available this fall.

Watch "World News With Charles Gibson" tonight at 6:30 ET for the full report.

After wrestling with which groups should get priority, the committee ultimately decided by a vote of 13 to 1 to give immunization priority to a group including pregnant women, those who care for infants under six months of age, health care and EMS workers, children and teenagers between ages 6 months and 18 years old, and anyone under the age of 64 underlying medical conditions.Read more....