CORONAVIRUS People younger than 75 can jump the line and book a vaccine appointment in R.I. But the state says those appointments will be canceled Unlike Mass., the R.I. website did not crash, and more than 10,000 older Rhode Islanders made appointments by early Thursday afternoon By Alexa Gagosz Globe Staff,Updated February 18, 2021, 3:51 p.m. Email to a Friend Doris Norman was inoculated with the Moderna Covid-19 vaccine by nurse practitioner Suzanne Wallace at Central Falls High School in Rhode Island last week.JOSEPH PREZIOSO/AFP via Getty Images PROVIDENCE â Residents 75 and older are supposed to be the only Rhode Islanders who are eligible for a vaccine. But if youâre younger than that, you still can make an appointment on the stateâs new vaccine website.