A new online tool reveals how long it will be until different Americans are eligible to receive the COVID-19 vaccine. Developed by Adriane Labs and the Surgo Foundation, the Vaccine Tool Calculator asks users to enter which state and county they live in, what their age is, what job they have and if they have any pre-existing conditions. It comes as a Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) advisory panel voted to make frontline essential workers and adults above age 75 the next groups to receive coronavirus vaccines. On Sunday, a CDC advisory panel recommended frontline essential workers and elderly Americans should be next in line to received a COVID-10 vaccine. The panel voted 13-1 in favor of the move that, in all, would make 49 million people eligible to receive the vaccine in the next round, known as Phase 1B.

Source: The Nation December 21, 2020 20:48 UTC