Although much of the country is still restricting the H1N1 vaccine to high-risk populations, a few areas have started offering it to everyone. For example: several counties in North Carolina and Kansas and Tennessee. Also the entire state of Alaska.
In Tuesday’s CDC briefing, a reporter asked when the vaccine would be fully available more widely:
Beth Galvin: [...] I’m Beth Galvin with Fox 5. [Can you] talk about when it may be easier for people who are healthy and not in one of these risk groups to get the vaccine? How much longer do you think they’re going to have to wait and let other people go first? And is it going to be around Christmastime? Or do you have any idea on that?
Thomas Frieden: It’s hard to predict with certainty when there will be widespread availability. We’re a lot closer to that than we were a couple weeks ago. It’s a lot of different activity in different parts of the country based on how much demand there is, how much supply there is, including how much disease there is and how well we emphasize to people, particularly with people with underlying condition, that it’s important to get protected.
If you need to keep track of how many doses of vaccine have been ordered and delivered across the country, this CDC chart is updated regularly.