Dodger Stadium is now operating as one of the nation s largest covid-19 vaccination sites. Currently, only healthcare workers and residents and staff at skilled nursing facilities are eligible to receive the shots, but some worry about a vaccine shortage.
The state opened vaccine eligibility to people 65 and older earlier in the month, but L.A. County is lagging behind other Southern California counties in opening up vaccinations to that group.
County Public Health Director Barbara Ferrer last week said the county would not offer vaccines to people 65 and older until vaccinations of front-line health care workers were completed. That process was expected to last until the end of the month.
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The 77-year-old really wants to be inoculated.
“It’ll save my life,” she said Monday morning after strolling to a mailbox in the El Segundo sunshine.
But when asked how she planned to accomplish that feat, she shrugged. “I have no idea,” she said.
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She’s tried to sign up for an appointment online at least five times with no success.
“The problem is you’re getting messages from so many different levels of government,” said the retired elementary school teacher turned educational hardware and software saleswoman turned real estate developer. “And they don’t always agree. And [the message] changes.”