Dobbs, Dr. Paul Byers, the State Epidemiologist and Jim Craig, the Director of Health Protection were the first to be vaccinated in the state. “Proud and privileged,” Dobbs tweeted on Monday, adding in a press conference that the shot “felt like a butterfly with a little sting.” First COVID vaccination in MS – proud and privileged pic.twitter.com/wVl4ifJGjN Dobbs said last week that 25,000 doses of the Pfizer vaccine will be delivered to the state this week. The vaccine will be first delivered to frontline workers, those at greatest risk, and long-term care facilities. He stated that he believes the state will have enough vaccines to provide vaccines for all employees and residents of nursing homes by next week. Many of the state’s largest hospitals and clinics will also receive vaccine shipments this week. The vaccine will not be available widely to the public until 2021’s spring or summer. The Mississippi State Department of Health has allocated the following phases of vaccination distribution: COVID-19 is spreading rapidly and sets new peaks each year, both nationally and state-wide. Officials from the Mississippi State Department of Health have stated that Mississippi’s ICU capacity is full and there are many more hospitalizations in the pipeline._x000D