Are you a vulnerable Utahn waiting for COVID-19 vaccine? Here’s what we know.

It could be months before anyone as young as 55 is eligible, no matter what health conditions they have.

(Photos courtesy of Jennifer Draney) Spencer Knecht waits by a monitor at McKay Dee Hospital in Ogden, where he was admitted for diabetic ketoacidosis in December 2020. His blood sugar has been unstable since he contracted COVID-19 in September 2020, his family says, and they want federal health officials to recognize type 1 diabetes as one of the highest risk factors for serious illness related to the coronavirus.

Are you a vulnerable Utahn waiting for COVID-19 vaccine? Here’s what we know.

It could be months before anyone as young as 55 is eligible, no matter what health conditions they have.

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