You've probably seen the posts on social media from your loved ones, getting their COVID vaccinations or flashing their vaccine cards. Then you pause for a second and wonder how they were eligible to get vaccinated. And you're pretty sure that person cut the vaccine line. Those who did cut the line have set off some pretty heated debates among those closest to them. Carmel Shachar is executive director of the Petrie-Flom Center for Health Law Policy, Biotechnology & Bioethics at Harvard Law School. It took a while to get here. But after several missteps, some supply and organizational problems and lots of frustrations, California is just about ready to offer up COVID vaccinations to every adult who wants one. Catherine Flores-Martin is the executive director of the California Immunization Coalition and a member of the California COVID-19 Vaccine Advisory Committee. Two things you've likely been missing over these last few months: vacations and vaccinations. You can head down to the U.S. Virgin Islands, which have a very healthy supply of COVID vaccine doses. Angela East is the coordinator and director of the COVID vaccine program at Plessen Healthcare on St. Croix in the U.S. Virgin Islands  Krispy Kreme offered up what certainly seemed like a well-intentioned and delicious incentive: bring in proof of receiving a COVID vaccine, and we'll give you a free glazed donut. But the offer set off a sometimes bitter debate among physicians and scientists over using an unhealthy treat to incentivize the healthy act of vaccination. Dr. Uche Blackstock is an emergency medicine physician and the founder and CEO of Advancing Health Equality. She's also a medical contributor to Yahoo News.   To learn more about listener data and our privacy practices visit: https://www.audacyinc.com/privacy-policy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit https://podcastchoices.com/adchoices