Eighty-year-old Belma Requejo of Los Angeles County is trapped in her home with her 83-year-old husband and two other elderly relatives.
They are waiting for a coronavirus vaccine. Every day for a week, her daughter, Maria -- who lives in the same household with her two children -- has tried to get on the county's website to make an appointment. And every time, Maria is told there is no availability.Meanwhile, Covid-19 has ravaged their densely populated section of Long Beach; just last week the disease claimed the life of a neighbor. "I can't even walk in the park -- I'm afraid," Requejo said.
Johnson & Johnson vaccine might soon ease the shortage 03:37Earlier this month in Fort Myers, Florida, seniors spent a night lined up outside a local health office for the chance to get their coronavirus vaccine. In Phoenix, computer glitches sent health workers driving across the state to remote vaccination locations. Many states -- including New York, South Carolina, Hawaii and Florida -- have had to cancel or delay thousands of vaccination appointments.
Coronavirus cases and hospitalizations plateau across US 02:20Both vaccine makers -- Pfizer and Moderna -- say they are on track to provide the federal government 200 million doses each by July 31, as outlined in their contracts. "Production and releases are not linear and we have explained that we have been successfully scaling up our production yields over time," said a Moderna spokesperson.
If they're looking for a chaos analogy I feel like Mad Max would be better...now I'm just imagining a bunch of seniors hunting each other for sport
Are people driving up to receive a vaccine that they don’t know how it will affect them? Doesn’t seem like a good idea. What if it cause an impairment that could cause an accident? Get someone to drive you to the vaccine drive thru.
That's crazy. I read only 60-70% of hose shots are being given each week. Why not 100%? POTUS is bumping those numbers though!
How are things with the capitol now?
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