https://abcnews.go.com/Health/find-covid-19-vaccine/story?id=74764103
With the U.S Food and Drug Administration authorizing the Pfizer/BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine and likely authorization of Moderna's on the horizon, the first vaccines are being delivered to medical providers and long-term care facilities in states across the country and starting to be administered this week.
But most people won't be able to get a shot right away. Many states are prioritizing groups such as health care and other essential workers, nursing home residents and people with certain medical conditions when it comes to distributing the COVID-19 vaccine.
Over the next few months, authorities say distribution of the vaccines will follow a phased schedule that gives priority to groups of certain individuals. Those priority groups were based on a framework devised by a committee convened by the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering and Medicine.
The priority groups outlined by the Framework for Equitable Allocation of the COVID-19 Vaccine report were based on the relative risk facing certain groups as well as the broader societal needs of protecting certain groups of people, such as frontline medical workers. The goal of the work was to provide advice to federal and state government who would be devising and implementing plans for distribution of vaccines.
While states are tasked with creating their own distribution plans, most of them are following the outline set out in the report.
You can answer the questions below to find out how many people in your area may be eligible to get the vaccine before you. You'll also find a link to more information about your state's plan. Population estimates are based on data from the Vaccine Allocation Planner tool developed by Ariadne Labs and the Surgo Foundation.
Please note that prioritization may vary by state, and this interactive calculator is meant to give an estimate only. You may fall into a different category based on special circumstances or different requirements in your state.
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New positive cases, deaths and hospitalizations are all still making new highs! It's pretty bad right now! Thank God the vaccine has startied. My geriatrics occupational therapist daughter will be one of the first to be inoculated in 2 days. She gets the first COVID shot in a week, then a 2nd one, a booster in 29 days. We all need to get it! It will take a couple of months to turn things around but things should start improving before Winter is over, then by the end of Spring, this will mostly be behind us!!! Next Summer, things can start getting back to normal!!!
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How Rich Countries Are 'Hoarding' The World's Vaccines, In Charts
https://www.bloomberg.com/graphics/covid-vaccine-tracker-global-distribution/
Vaccinations set to rise after a new vaccine by Moderna was approved in the U.S.
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The first Covid-19 shots have been given to more than 1.2 million people in four countries, according to data collected by Bloomberg. It’s the start of the biggest vaccination campaign in history and one of the largest logistical challenges ever undertaken.
Vaccinations in the U.S. began this week with health-care workers, and 30 states reported the first 127,665 doses administered. Those numbers are expected to surge in coming days after a similar vaccine by Moderna Inc. was approved on Friday.
https://www.bloomberg.com/graphics/covid-vaccine-tracker-global-distribution/
These are the first of an initial distribution of 5.9 million doses of Pfizer Inc. and BioNTech SE’s vaccine.
About half of those doses are being distributed this week, according to a state-by-state breakdown of shipments released by the U.S. government. The other half are being held in reserve until three weeks from now, when those who got the vaccine will get the second shot of the two-dose inoculation. The vaccine is allocated based on state population.
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