To the editor: It was disturbing to see the image of elders in Encino barbarically made to shiver in the cold while standing in an endless line for hours, maybe to get a COVID-19 vaccine dose. It didn’t look like the tech savvy, swiping, clicking, texting world of the 21st century, but rather a bleak scene out of the Dark Ages, of vulnerable people fighting for their very existence — because that‘s exactly what it was. The geniuses of today’s world who invent all kinds of miraculous ways to improve and simplify our everyday lives cannot come up with a way to get their parents and grandparents vaccinated in a humane and orderly way. This is all about priorities and having a little common sense and compassion to accomplish this attainable goal. Good luck finding that in our new dark age.