The vulnerable homebound are left behind on vaccination It was April, more than three months into the vaccination campaign against covid-19, and Jim Freeman, 83, still had not gotten his first dose. Freeman had been eligible for months as part of the 75-and-older target group deemed most vulnerable to death and serious illness in the pandemic. But he could not leave his home to make the journey to one of the mass-vaccination sites in San Mateo County. Freeman, who has Parkinson's disease, has extremely limited mobility and no longer can walk. "He watches TV at night and sees all these people in line getting vaccines, but he couldn't do it," said his daughter Beth Freeman, 58. "It was really frustrating." She contacted the county and state public health departments and even her local congresswoman for help, but none had a solution.