Did you register with your state's Department of Health for the vaccine?
This is the NJ State list of preference for who gets it first. Don't know about your state but might be smart to check your state's Department of Health's website to preregister for the vaccine if you're in a higher risk category.
From the NJ State website:
The New Jersey Department of Health shared the prioritization order for receiving the vaccine, which is as follows:
Phase 1A: Healthcare personnel
Hospital
LTC workers
Veteran's home workers
Home care workers
Ambulatory and urgent care
clinic workers
Dialysis center workers
Morticians and funeral home workers
Pharmacy workers
Other non-hospital healthcare facilities workers
Public health workers (such as those as federally qualified health centers)
Group home workers
Other paid and unpaid licensed and unlicensed healthcare workers
EMS personnel
Other healthcare settings
Phase 1A: Long-term care residents
Long-term care facilities
Veterans' homes
Correctional facilities, prisons, juvenile centers, county jail
IDD group homes
Mental health group homes
Psychiatric hospitals
Other long-term care settings
Phase 1B: First responders
Police
Firefighters
Other first responders
Phase 1B: Other essential workers
Food-service workers
Port Authority workers
New Jersey Transit workers
Teachers, staff, and childcare workers
Workers who support radio, print, internet and television news and media services
Other critical workers
Other essential workers
Phase 1B: Individuals over 75
Phase 1C: People at high-risk of COVID-19 illness (Persons 16-64 with medical conditions that increase the risk for severe COVID-19)
People with comorbid and underlying conditions that put them at high risk of COVID-19 (such as, hypertension, obesity, cardiovascular disease, diabetes, chronic lung disease, cancer, chronic kidney disease, immuno-compromised, sickle cell disease)
People living or working in congregate or overcrowded settings – such as colleges and universities
People living or working in congregate or overcrowded settings – such as migrant workers
People living or working in congregate or overcrowded settings
Tribal populations
Other people at high risk of COVID-19 illness due to comorbidities, occupations, demographics, etc.
Other essential workers
Phase 1C: Adults 65-74
Phase 2
General public
From the NJ State website:
The New Jersey Department of Health shared the prioritization order for receiving the vaccine, which is as follows:
Phase 1A: Healthcare personnel
Hospital
LTC workers
Veteran's home workers
Home care workers
Ambulatory and urgent care
clinic workers
Dialysis center workers
Morticians and funeral home workers
Pharmacy workers
Other non-hospital healthcare facilities workers
Public health workers (such as those as federally qualified health centers)
Group home workers
Other paid and unpaid licensed and unlicensed healthcare workers
EMS personnel
Other healthcare settings
Phase 1A: Long-term care residents
Long-term care facilities
Veterans' homes
Correctional facilities, prisons, juvenile centers, county jail
IDD group homes
Mental health group homes
Psychiatric hospitals
Other long-term care settings
Phase 1B: First responders
Police
Firefighters
Other first responders
Phase 1B: Other essential workers
Food-service workers
Port Authority workers
New Jersey Transit workers
Teachers, staff, and childcare workers
Workers who support radio, print, internet and television news and media services
Other critical workers
Other essential workers
Phase 1B: Individuals over 75
Phase 1C: People at high-risk of COVID-19 illness (Persons 16-64 with medical conditions that increase the risk for severe COVID-19)
People with comorbid and underlying conditions that put them at high risk of COVID-19 (such as, hypertension, obesity, cardiovascular disease, diabetes, chronic lung disease, cancer, chronic kidney disease, immuno-compromised, sickle cell disease)
People living or working in congregate or overcrowded settings – such as colleges and universities
People living or working in congregate or overcrowded settings – such as migrant workers
People living or working in congregate or overcrowded settings
Tribal populations
Other people at high risk of COVID-19 illness due to comorbidities, occupations, demographics, etc.
Other essential workers
Phase 1C: Adults 65-74
Phase 2
General public
