We’ve heard a lot about
the frustrations older Californians have faced in trying to secure their shots of COVID-19 vaccine. Today, we’ll talk about what that reality has looked like for seniors in Los Angeles County.
Take 86-year-old Selda Hollander. She hadn’t been able to navigate the vaccine appointment system, either online or over the phone. But she’d heard about an unofficial standby line at the Balboa Sports Complex in Encino and decided to give it a try.
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“I can’t figure out if it’s worth it,” she said, shivering slightly as she hugged her knees against the cold. “I’m waiting for the vaccine, but I can get sick because of the weather.”
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Vaccine administrators dole out shots to stranded drivers in the middle of a snowstorm
The vaccine rollout in the U.S. isn’t totally going to plan. Some states aren’t administering doses fast enough, others don’t have enough, and in many area, stories of “expiring vaccine doses” have become local horror stories. But in the midst of all the vaccine chaos are random little vaccine miracles, like the health administrators from Oregon who got stuck in a snowstorm with a batch of soon-too-expire vaccines and made a game-time decision to hand out the vaccines to other drivers who were also stuck in the snowstorm and willing to get a surprise jab in the arm.
Drivers stranded in snowstorm get leftover COVID-19 vaccines
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Drivers stranded in snowstorm get leftover COVID-19 vaccines
Health officials in Oregon offered stranded motorists a chance at receiving a vaccine in order to not waste any doses.ABCNews.com
Health care workers in Oregon set up an impromptu COVID-19 vaccine clinic after they were stranded in the snow on their way home from a vaccination event.
A group of about 20 health care workers with the Josephine County Public Health Department were driving back from a vaccination event at a local high school when a snowstorm stranded them on a highway, according to the health department.
Health care workers in Oregon vaccinated stranded drivers for the coronavirus after getting stuck in a snowstorm. The Josephine County Public Health Department said they had six doses that were close to expiring.