One shot down, one to go for Gazette reporter; Vaccine availability is increasing quickly | The Daily Gazette SECTIONS Shares0 SARATOGA COUNTY — I’ve been waiting patiently. I qualify to get the COVID-19 vaccine based on my age, and I’ve been closely watching — and sometimes writing about — the much-criticized national and state vaccine rollout, with full knowledge that initial demand dwarfed supply. Other folks are older, less healthy or in occupations more essential to the public health than an aging newsman. I also spent enough years driving to Potsdam when my son was in college to know that’s WAY too far to drive for vaccination. Twice.