There’s a case for targeting vaccine rollout on areas where healthy life expectancy is low, such as Blackpool. Ian Walsh/Shutterstock March 9, 2021 Why the UK’s vaccine rollout should prioritise people according to deprivation as well as age Annika Hjelmskog, University of Manchester and Caitlin Robinson, University of Liverpool For those who are socially deprived, vulnerability to COVID-19 will arise at an earlier age.