I had the same questions myself, though not in the US but in Israel. We started vaccinations on the 20th and reached 500k yesterday, now up to 100k daily. (out

I had the same questions myself, though not in the US but in Israel. We started vaccinations on the 20th and reached 500k yesterday, now up to 100k daily. (out of 8.8m population) The media tried to cover all the how-s, when-s and what-if-s and did okay, and if you google for it you can find a government website with details about the vaccination campaign. Finding out who's first in line was also easier than expected, that same info website has a link with a list of groups. The gist of it is: medical teams, elderly people, people aged >65, at-risk, then anyone who wants. It's a fairly long list but if you're interested see [1]. Re: signing up, at first it was via phone calls but later on HMOs (health orgs) made it possible to sign up via their apps. Once you sign up it's usually about a week. Some people somehow got an appointment for February but it was moved up to early January very quickly. E.g., my dad. -- [1]: From what I know and can find online now, after medical teams we vaccinated: nursing home caregivers & residents; then anyone over the age of 65 who signs up; then immunosuppressed people (implants etc.); then people with majorly reduced lung capacity; then personal caregivers. Those are all titled "first priority". "Second priority" is: other risk groups such as diabetes, obesity, serious lung disease, hypertension, etc.; then high-exposure groups such as teachers, prisoners and guards, first responders. After that, anyone who wants to be vaccinated can sign up. "Priority" also means "wave" at the moment; meaning until we vaccinated all (interested) people aged >65 I, a healthy person <30, can't get the vaccine.