icu patients and it goes back to march. look what s happening now. the current trend is nothing but a steep climb up. icu availability is monitored in five separate regions across the state. dropping under 15% means those extra restrictions, gyms and salons closing along with any on-site restaurant and dining closing. the bay area is on the brink of dropping under that threshold, like three other regions already have. but 7 of the 11 counties making up our region chose to adopt those rules early. only san mateo, napa, solano and santa cruz have not. it may take a while but the vaccine is giving some hope of bringing those numbers down. health care workers have already received the bay area s first doses and a lot of you have been sending us questions and the main one is when will you be able to get the vaccine? abc7 news reporter julian glover is live with the timeline. julian? good morning. the short answer of when the general population will be able to get vaccinated is