The line is forming for a COVID-19 vaccine

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I understand "the line" as "the queue" (like the queue formed to buying something. The general rule is "First Come, First Served." Am I on the right track?


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The line is forming for a COVID-19 vaccine. Who should be at the front?

When and if the world has a COVID-19 vaccine, who should get it first? That question came into sharp relief last week. A committee that makes vaccine use recommendations to the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) wrestled with the issue in a virtual meeting, and new data suggested how fraught any prioritization is likely to be: Pregnant women—normally the last to receive a new vaccine, given the possibility of harm to a fetus—may have an increased risk of severe illness from COVID-19, suggesting they should be high on the list.

Source: Science By Jon Cohen Jun. 29, 2020 , 5:30 PM
https://www.sciencemag.org/news/2020/06/line-forming-covid-19-vaccine-who-should-be-front
 
Yes. We don't use the word "queue" in the sense of a line of people in American English.
 
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