âVaccine huntersâ track down doses for those struggling to get appointments and last updated 2021-03-05 13:12:26-05 Like many couples in this pandemic, Marc and Jessie Stern have spent a lot of time together. Sixty years of marriage can prepare you for quarantine life. Both are now retired and live in the Maryland suburbs of Washington D.C. For years, Jessie reported on health in D.C., and for close to 30 years, Marc worked in the press office of the National Institutes of Health. Their jobs brought them close to what most of us can only read about. But when it came to getting the COVID-19 vaccine, they felt very far away.