for more on how and when the covid-19 vaccines are being distributed, propublica reporter caroline chen joins us from new york city. caroline, we've all heard that when you look at this across the country, right now what is the general g order, if there is one who is supposed to be getting it first, and who are we excting to get it in the next few weeks? risk healthcare workers first, and then long-term care facility residents next.and then, that'so be the next month or so. then we will move into sort of the next, much bigger bucket of both older-than-65 and essential aworkers. that determined by the states. >> sreenivasan: decreasing the transmission and infection rates in long-term car facilities should bring down our overall death rates that we're seeing continue to rise. >> something like 40% of the covid deaths have come from the long-term care facilities. so, this is such a huge priority to get that popuretion taken f, to reduce transmission there, to reduce deaths there because they're just so high- risk, and we just have not been able to stop transmission there. so, this is a hu