Skip to main content 'The vaccine could potentially be life or death': Search remains difficult for some CT residents at risk FacebookTwitterEmail A nurse prepares the Moderna COVID-19 vaccine during the grand opening of the vaccine “super site” at Silicon Harbor in Stamford on March 15.Tyler Sizemore / Hearst Connecticut Media Kayle Hill counts herself as one of the lucky ones for finding a vaccine appointment on Thursday when Connecticut opened shots up to anyone 16 and up. But the first appointment she found while searching Thursday was not until July 23. Hill, 24, is especially concerned because the medication she takes to treat her rheumatoid arthritis leaves her immune system compromised. She also has Ehlers-Danlos Syndrome, a genetic condition that affects connective tissue— including that in her lungs, which puts her at increased risk of upper-respiratory infection.