"WEBVTTKind: captionsLanguage: encovert 19 vaccines are finally here but as the vaccines roll out across the u.s there are still lots of questions when will i get mine how do i get it and most importantly when does life get back to normal the vaccines for covert 19 have been developed in record time but while they're highly effective health officials still need to get those shots into arms and in the united states which has a population of more than 330 million that vaccine rollout is a huge task let's break it down starting with the shots themselves as i'm recording this there are two vaccines approved for use in the us made by fisa biontech and moderna they both require two separate shots to work properly three weeks apart for the first vaccine and four weeks apart from moderna there are also vaccines from novovax and astrazeneca the so-called oxford vaccine both of these could be approved for use in the us by early spring and then we have johnson johnson that vaccine is just one shot and it's expected to get emergency clearance in the us in early february most importantly the vaccines are provided at no cost to everyone in the u.s regardless of insurance in late january the biden administration said it was ordering an extra 200 million doses of the pfizer and moderna vaccines boosting supplies to 600 million or enough to vaccinate almost all the u.s population but those doses may not arrive until the end of summer marcus plescher is the chief medical officer for the association of state and territorial health officials which represents about a hundred thousand public health officials across the u.s right now pleasure says that the us just doesn't have enough vaccine doses for everyone that wants one we knew there was going to be limited supply to begin with um and so you know we're trying to administer and distribute the vaccine but i think a lot of people are losing losing track of the fact that you know we've only got i think 40 50 million doses right now and we've already promised it to far more people than that so how are the vaccines allocated well the federal government is responsible for buying the vaccines from the manufacturers and then distributing them to the states the cdc has issued guidance on which groups should be prioritized to get the vaccine first but in the early stages of the vaccine rollout the trump administration essentially left it to the states to work out their own plans for example virtually all uh of the prioritization efforts uh said that we should start with frontline healthcare workers who are providing covert 19 care but a number of states chose not to do that florida for example instead decided to immunize the elderly but without a plan to do that and had a rather chaotic beginning of their rollout so when are you and your loved ones eligible to get the vaccine well the states are vaccinating in phases largely based on the cdc guidelines about who is most at risk phase one is healthcare workers and people in long-term care then people over 75 people over 65 and younger people with medical conditions and so on so first up you need to know which group you fall into but when your group gets the vaccine well that's a totally different question minnesota for example is offering the vaccine to educators and anyone over the age of 65 but that has meant a tightening of supply so now they're offering the vaccine via lottery when you're eligible will depend on your state so it's best to check with your state department website if you're young and healthy then expect to wait a little bit longer but the good news is that as more doses become available this will all get easier i think by march april we should see significant changes first of all there should be a lot more of the pfizer and modern vaccine available for people when it comes to finding a vaccination site with available doses getting that information isn't always clear do i call my doctor do i go to my local pharmacy should i go online if you're struggling to find information you're not alone according to marcus pleasure the best place to start is your state or local health department website go on the state and local health department websites there should be pretty good data there about you know who's getting vaccinated and you know some data about where you might be able to get vaccinated plesher also suggests checking with your own healthcare system especially if you have an online health record like mychart that way your healthcare provider can reach you directly with updates about when you can get the vaccine at the start of february the biden administration also announced it would send one million doses to roughly six and a half thousand retail pharmacies around the country with a focus on getting vaccines out to at-risk communities starting on february 11th the federal government will deliver vaccines directly to select pharmacies across the country this will provide more sites for people to get vaccinated in their communities and it's an important component to delivering vaccines equitably you can check on your local pharmacy's website to make an appointment if you're eligible and remember by march or april we're expecting a lot more doses to come through across the board which will make it easier to get an appointment okay so you finally snagged an appointment what actually happens when you get the vaccine well once the vaccine's been administered you'll have to wait about 15 to 30 minutes to see if you have an adverse reaction after that you'll get given a vaccination record card with the details of which type of vaccine you got and when so you know when to get the second dose but getting the vaccine doesn't mean you should let down your guard it takes a couple of weeks after the vaccine to develop immunity and we still don't know whether vaccinated people can carry the virus and infect unvaccinated people so you'll still have to do things like wearing a mask and social distancing at least in the short term but the good news is the more people who get this shot the sooner we can be out of this pandemic which leads us to our final question when will life get back to normal okay so the best case scenario for me is that we'd get 85 of the people vaccinated by the end of the summer if we do then by the time we get to the fall i think we can approach a degree of normality and in the meantime if you've got any questions about the vaccine or any kind of covert explainers in general that you'd like to hear then hit me up in the comments we're always here to make sure that you guys are kept in the know in the meantime keep it tuned to cnncovert 19 vaccines are finally here but as the vaccines roll out across the u.s there are still lots of questions when will i get mine how do i get it and most importantly when does life get back to normal the vaccines for covert 19 have been developed in record time but while they're highly effective health officials still need to get those shots into arms and in the united states which has a population of more than 330 million that vaccine rollout is a huge task let's break it down starting with the shots themselves as i'm recording this there are two vaccines approved for use in the us made by fisa biontech and moderna they both require two separate shots to work properly three weeks apart for the first vaccine and four weeks apart from moderna there are also vaccines from novovax and astrazeneca the so-called oxford vaccine both of these could be approved for use in the us by early spring and then we have johnson johnson that vaccine is just one shot and it's expected to get emergency clearance in the us in early february most importantly the vaccines are provided at no cost to everyone in the u.s regardless of insurance in late january the biden administration said it was ordering an extra 200 million doses of the pfizer and moderna vaccines boosting supplies to 600 million or enough to vaccinate almost all the u.s population but those doses may not arrive until the end of summer marcus plescher is the chief medical officer for the association of state and territorial health officials which represents about a hundred thousand public health officials across the u.s right now pleasure says that the us just doesn't have enough vaccine doses for everyone that wants one we knew there was going to be limited supply to begin with um and so you know we're trying to administer and distribute the vaccine but i think a lot of people are losing losing track of the fact that you know we've only got i think 40 50 million doses right now and we've already promised it to far more people than that so how are the vaccines allocated well the federal government is responsible for buying the vaccines from the manufacturers and then distributing them to the states the cdc has issued guidance on which groups should be prioritized to get the vaccine first but in the early stages of the vaccine rollout the trump administration essentially left it to the states to work out their own plans for example virtually all uh of the prioritization efforts uh said that we should start with frontline healthcare workers who are providing covert 19 care but a number of states chose not to do that florida for example instead decided to immunize the elderly but without a plan to do that and had a rather chaotic beginning of their rollout so when are you and your loved ones eligible to get the vaccine well the states are vaccinating in phases largely based on the cdc guidelines about who is most at risk phase one is healthcare workers and people in long-term care then people over 75 people over 65 and younger people with medical conditions and so on so first up you need to know which group you fall into but when your group gets the vaccine well that's a totally different question minnesota for example is offering the vaccine to educators and anyone over the age of 65 but that has meant a tightening of supply so now they're offering the vaccine via lottery when you're eligible will depend on your state so it's best to check with your state department website if you're young and healthy then expect to wait a little bit longer but the good news is that as more doses become available this will all get easier i think by march april we should see significant changes first of all there should be a lot more of the pfizer and modern vaccine available for people when it comes to finding a vaccination site with available doses getting that information isn't always clear do i call my doctor do i go to my local pharmacy should i go online if you're struggling to find information you're not alone according to marcus pleasure the best place to start is your state or local health department website go on the state and local health department websites there should be pretty good data there about you know who's getting vaccinated and you know some data about where you might be able to get vaccinated plesher also suggests checking with your own healthcare system especially if you have an online health record like mychart that way your healthcare provider can reach you directly with updates about when you can get the vaccine at the start of february the biden administration also announced it would send one million doses to roughly six and a half thousand retail pharmacies around the country with a focus on getting vaccines out to at-risk communities starting on february 11th the federal government will deliver vaccines directly to select pharmacies across the country this will provide more sites for people to get vaccinated in their communities and it's an important component to delivering vaccines equitably you can check on your local pharmacy's website to make an appointment if you're eligible and remember by march or april we're expecting a lot more doses to come through across the board which will make it easier to get an appointment okay so you finally snagged an appointment what actually happens when you get the vaccine well once the vaccine's been administered you'll have to wait about 15 to 30 minutes to see if you have an adverse reaction after that you'll get given a vaccination record card with the details of which type of vaccine you got and when so you know when to get the second dose but getting the vaccine doesn't mean you should let down your guard it takes a couple of weeks after the vaccine to develop immunity and we still don't know whether vaccinated people can carry the virus and infect unvaccinated people so you'll still have to do things like wearing a mask and social distancing at least in the short term but the good news is the more people who get this shot the sooner we can be out of this pandemic which leads us to our final question when will life get back to normal okay so the best case scenario for me is that we'd get 85 of the people vaccinated by the end of the summer if we do then by the time we get to the fall i think we can approach a degree of normality and in the meantime if you've got any questions about the vaccine or any kind of covert explainers in general that you'd like to hear then hit me up in the comments we're always here to make sure that you guys are kept in the know in the meantime keep it tuned to cnn\n"