HOW DO WE DISTRIBUTE COVID VACCINES ?

 Firstly I think the vaccine should be given to people that directly take care of the people infected with the coronavirus. That entails healthcare workers and janitorial cleaners in the hospital. I believe they should  be given the vaccine first because they are the ones that come the closest to getting infected. They are the most susceptible to the disease and most of them have families, partners and flatmates that they can take the virus back to. By doing this I believe the number of people at risk will be decreased especially because healthcare workers come in contact with many people in Fayette county

Secondly I believe the vaccine should be made available to elementary, middle school, high school and college students that are currently on campus and also attend in-person classes or leave in dorms. Not everyone will want to take the vaccine because not everyone will have the ability to afford it and also some people do not believe in vaccine; but if majority take the vaccine then I believe herd immunity will be formed. Herd immunity is the concept that I learnt in a public health course I took last semester. It means that once enough people are immunized it protects other people that aren't vaccinated, that are old or are immunocompromised from getting infected. As a result there is a decreased likeliness of an outbreak occurring in the nearest future. Since there is already a covid-19 outbreak, herd immunity will decrease the incidence rate. To explain this further, if someone that is not vaccinated against covid-19 comes in contact with the virus and eventually gets it but the person is asymptomatic and ends up coming in contact with many people. Out of population of people the infected person came in contact with, if 2/3 are vaccinated then most likely only 1/3 will get infected. 

The way there are testing canopies, the vaccination should also be distributed to students in separate canopies at a reduced cost especially considering how much college students complain that they are "broke." Also there should be effective communication within schools and their students concerning the vaccine and how it is going to be shared.