Illinois is among a growing list of states that are issuing their own vaccine guidelines that could supersede those of the federal Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.

Gov. JB Pritzker issued an executive order this month directing the Illinois Department of Public Health to work with other state agencies to develop vaccine guidelines.

Specifically, Pritzker’s directive calls on IDPH Director Sameer Vohra, in consultation with the Illinois Immunization Advisory Council, to issue “standing orders” that authorize eligible health care providers, including pharmacists, to administer vaccines that IDPH deems appropriate.

Those will include vaccines for seasonal respiratory illnesses such as COVID-19, flu and RSV. They will also include routine child and adult vaccines such as the M

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