How Long Is The Wait For A COVID-19 Vaccine In Jefferson County?

BIRMINGHAM, AL — With a COVID-19 vaccine already approved in the United Kingdom, and states throughout the U.S. putting together their vaccine distribution plans, the New York Times, the Surgo Foundation and Ariadne Labs have come up with a way to calculate the number of people who will need a vaccine in each state and county — and where Jefferson County residents might fit in that line.

An average 40-year-old Jefferson County resident with no professional or health-related special circumstances would be in line behind 268.7 million people across the United States, according to the study.

In Jefferson County, that same person would be behind 581,700 people in a county with a population of 658,573 people.

You can input your specific information on the Times website.

Alabama's COVID-19 Allocation Plan

Alabama has proposed a plan consisting of multiple phases of distribution of the vaccine, which would include two rounds of doses.

Phase 1A:

• Frontline health workers, including clinical and non‐clinical, in hospitals, nursing homes, or those providing in in‐home or mental health care directly.
• Workers in healthcare services such as those providing transportation and environmental services and those in mortuary services
• First responders

Phase 1B:

• People with 2 or more of the defined comorbidities and underlying conditions (Over 65; Living in congregate or overcrowded settings including nursing homes, long‐term care, homeless shelters, group homes, prisons, or jail; Those with serious underlying conditions, for example: cancer, serious heart conditions and sickle cell disease).

Phase 2:

• K-12 educators and school staff
• Persons at increased risk, and those in prison/jail and prison/jail staff not included in Phase 1

Phase 3:

• Workers in critical infrastructure
• Young adults, children, people who are pregnant

Phase 4:

• General population not included in earlier phases