I dream of vaccine.

Almost every day now, I hear about someone in my orbit getting their COVID vaccination. My parents have received both doses. My ex- has also (she works in nursing homes). Older women in my Zoom Bible study class. Friends who work in the medical field, or are teachers, or work in other essential categories. B* managed to luck his way into a vaccine last Sunday, when his friend's church had 15 doses left over after an outreach event. Another friend from AA got vaccinated because her husband works for the Southern Ute tribe, & the tribe opened their vaccination event to all employees & their families.

Colorado seems to be doing a decent job of getting shots in arms. As of last Friday, at least 767,803 people in the state have received one vaccine dose & 348,031 receiving both doses. This is out of a total population of 5,758,736 (July 1, 2019 Census population estimate). So 13.3% have received one dose, 6.04% have received both. Quite a ways to go to herd immunity.

Ouray County (population 4,952) has administered 673 first doses & 286 second doses. So 13.6% of our population has gotten one dose & 5.78% have received both doses, roughly equivalent to the state as a whole. I just called the Public Health Agency & they are sticking to their estimate that Phase 3 folks won't be eligible until summer. Sigh.