nprnews_____ = ||| lubuntu at wor2|||Initial Batch Of COVID-19 Vaccines Will Go To States Based On Population, Not Risk||| kickerpage = |||no kicker pagenpr for NPRNEWS||| summarynpr = |||Operation Warp Speed is allocating the first batch of 6.4 million COVID vaccines to states, based on population. This circumvents a CDC advisory committee, which proposed allocation based on risk.