james salonia, today brings him one step closer to reuniting with his family.re treated for severe covid in connecticut's icus in march. >> my friends don't know i'm getting the vaccine today. they don't want to go through this again. >> their feeling is even though they have and it presumably have antibodies, they want the vaccine anyway? >> they want the vaccine. my parents have no comorbidities and all of a sudden they get sick, critically ill. you never know who's going to get sick, critically ill, with this virus. >> reporter: the effort to get as many doses of the vaccine into arms of those on the front line is accelerating. eagerly awaiting their delivery. hospitals across the country implementing their meticulously laid-out plans to distribute the vaccine to those most exposed to the virus. dr. chrissy woods oversees the vaccination program at mt. sinai west. >> we're hopeful that in the next month or so, we'll have gone through a significant part of the staff. >> how do you prioritize who gets it when? >> so the state did give us a framework that we're