Patients sent to private vaccine sites have longer wait ahead Patients sent to private vaccine sites have longer wait ahead By John Fitzhugh | February 3, 2021 at 7:15 PM CST - Updated February 4 at 8:52 AM BILOXI, MS (WLOX) - Many people across Mississippi are still struggling to get an appointment to receive the COVID-19 vaccine. Some tell us that they make it to the final step in the process only to be turned away, describing the situation as a âcatch-22â³ Biloxi resident Anita Wilkersonâs doctor strongly recommended she get a COVID-19 vaccine because of her underlying medical condition, ut when the 63-year-old got to the vaccination site, she was turned away.