Expanded vaccine rollout in US spawns a new set of problems

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The rapid expansion of COVID-19 vaccinations to senior citizens across the U.S. has led to bottlenecks, system crashes and hard feelings in many states because of overwhelming demand for the shots.

On Thursday, New Jersey expanded vaccinations to people between 16 and 65 with certain medical conditions — including up to 2 million smokers, who are more prone to health complications.

Hard-hit Los Angeles County, the nation’s most populous county with 10 million residents, said it couldn’t immediately provide shots to the elderly because it had inoculated only about a quarter of its 800,000 health care workers. In Mississippi, officials said new appointments will probably have to wait until a hoped-for shipment of vaccines in mid-February.

Allison Salerno, an audio producer from Athens, Georgia, said she spent the better part of a day calling her state’s health department to get a vaccine appointment for her 89-year-old mother. “My mother has not been out since the beginning of the pandemic,” Salerno said. “She’s a very healthy woman and she wants to go to the grocery store, she wants to get her hair done.”“As we learn more, we will work to make sure everyone who is eligible for a vaccine knows how, where, and when they can get their shots,” the state Health Department said in an email. “Everyone’s opportunity to get vaccinated will come; it will just take some time.

California lawmakers are increasing the pressure on Gov. Gavin Newsom to likewise expand authorization for who can give injections to include nursing students, retired medical workers, firefighters and National Guard members with medical training.

 

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Shocking. Such faith in the system just shattered. shitshow

someone didn't care all last year all that waisted timenot the America I was born in why ? You don't have to be super educated to see stupidity and game playing

So. Who is operating the system of distribution?

Nice to know some states are at least trying to vaccinate seniors. Wisconsin hasn’t started. They will get to seniors after every last worker in a healthcare system has been vaccinated, including those with almost zero risk of ever needing hospitalization.

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