Video above: Patients with medical conditions encounter confusion signing up for vaccinationsWhen Ann Camden learned last month that her 17-year-old daughter got exposed to the coronavirus at school and was being sent home, she packed her belongings, jumped in the car and made the two-hour drive to the coast to stay with her recently vaccinated parents.The 50-year-old mother had been diagnosed with stage IV breast cancer and could not afford to become infected. She also was not yet eligible under North Carolina's rules to receive a COVID-19 vaccine. So she left her twin daughters with her husband and fled for safety.Across the United States, millions of medically vulnerable people who initially were cited as a top vaccination priority group got slowly bumped down the list as the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention modified its guidelines to favor the elderly, regardless of their physical condition, and workers in a wide range of job sectors.North Carolina is one of 24 states that currently places people under 65 with 바카라 게임 웹사이트�underlying medical conditions바카라 게임 웹사이트� near the bottom of the pack to receive the vaccine, according to Jen Kates, senior vice president and director of global health and HIV policy at the Kaiser Family Foundation. A report she wrote for the foundation last month listed Pennsylvania as the lone state making vaccines available to the medically vulnerable during its first phase of distribution.When North Carolina unveiled its initial guidance in October, it placed people with multiple chronic conditions near the top of the list. In response to December recommendations from the CDC to prioritize people 75 and older, however, it dropped those with chronic conditions to Phase 2. When the guidance changed again to expand eligibility to those 65 and up, medically vulnerable residents learned in January they would be dropped to Phase 4 바카라 게임 웹사이트� to be vaccinated after 바카라 게임 웹사이트�frontline essential workers바카라 게임 웹사이트� but before 바카라 게임 웹사이트�everyone.바카라 게임 웹사이트�바카라 게임 웹사이트�When they slid us to group 4, it was very quiet,바카라 게임 웹사이트� Camden said. 바카라 게임 웹사이트�It was like, 바카라 게임 웹사이트�We don바카라 게임 웹사이트�t want to talk about it. We바카라 게임 웹사이트�re just gonna kind of tuck you over there.바카라 게임 웹사이트� That in itself was kind of insulting.바카라 게임 웹사이트�The state's top public health official, Dr. Mandy Cohen, said residents under 65 with chronic conditions were moved down the list after health officials received data showing elderly residents are far more likely to die of COVID-19, though she acknowledged 바카라 게임 웹사이트�age is not a perfect proxy for risk.바카라 게임 웹사이트�Camden decided not to wait for the state to qualify her. Just two days after she arrived at her parents바카라 게임 웹사이트� house, a friend connected her with a CVS pharmacist in Wilmington who had spare doses of the vaccine about to go to waste. Camden received a Moderna shot in the pharmacist바카라 게임 웹사이트�s dining room on Feb. 21.바카라 게임 웹사이트�It바카라 게임 웹사이트�s incumbent on all of us to take it when we can get it,바카라 게임 웹사이트� Camden said. 바카라 게임 웹사이트�I don바카라 게임 웹사이트�t want to feel guilty or embarrassed because I was gonna get it whenever I could.바카라 게임 웹사이트�Jon D바카라 게임 웹사이트�Angelo, a 32-year-old Carteret County resident who suffers from spinal muscular atrophy, didn바카라 게임 웹사이트�t qualify for a vaccine since he doesn바카라 게임 웹사이트�t live in a long-term care facility. He said he jumped the line, but declined to describe where and how he got the vaccine. After a minute-long pause when asked how he justified his actions, he replied, 바카라 게임 웹사이트�Justice is more important.바카라 게임 웹사이트�Responding to the frustrations of people like Camden and D'Angelo, states are now revising their guidelines again. As of Monday, 28 states, including North Carolina, had at least partially opened up vaccine eligibility statewide to those with high-risk medical conditions, Kates said. Four additional states are making the vaccine available to medically vulnerable residents living in certain counties.North Carolina announced this week that it would start vaccinating people 16 years or older with at least one of 18 at-risk conditions on March 17. And last week, the state expanded its eligibility guidelines to include people like D바카라 게임 웹사이트�Angelo who receive at-home care. D바카라 게임 웹사이트�Angelo is now retroactively eligible under Phase 1, which launched in December.바카라 게임 웹사이트�I바카라 게임 웹사이트�m glad they did it, but the fact that it took three months to correct is outrageous,바카라 게임 웹사이트� D바카라 게임 웹사이트�Angelo said.On Monday, South Carolina expanded eligibility to disabled and at-risk people, and Michigan did so for medically vulnerable residents 50 and older. California is opening up vaccinations to the disabled and at-risk on March 15.In Georgia, the governor announced this week that those 16 or older with serious health conditions will be eligible starting March 15. Shana Frentz, a 36-year-old with two autoimmune conditions, said she secured an appointment at a Georgia pharmacy that began signing up people a day before the announcement. Before that, she had explored the possibility of going to a neighboring state. During the months it took before she became eligible in Georgia, she said she and others like her felt "kind of tossed aside.바카라 게임 웹사이트�Maura Wozniak, a 42-year-old Charlotte-area resident, has cystic fibrosis and will wait until it바카라 게임 웹사이트�s her turn to get vaccinated. Wozniak was furious with North Carolina's decision to push her back in line, as it meant a lengthier delay for her kids to get back to the classroom. But after learning on social media that she'd soon become eligible, she cried in relief.바카라 게임 웹사이트�They were able to hear the pleas from high-risk individuals in the state,바카라 게임 웹사이트� Wozniak said. 바카라 게임 웹사이트�The fact that they gave us a date was promising. Is everything gonna be perfect? No. But at least there's a certain window now.바카라 게임 웹사이트�___Associated Press writer Anila Yoganathan in Atlanta contributed to this report.